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POSCO Hosts 2nd Annual Steel Design Festa Contest

07 September 2012 - To widen understanding and interest in steel and find new ideas utilizing steel materials, POSCO hosted the 2nd Annual POSCO Steel Design Festa contest with an award ceremony held at the POSCO Center on 28 August.

ArcelorMittal Liberia Signs Collective Bargaining Agreement with Workers’ Union

07 September 2012 - On 31 August 2012, ArcelorMittal Liberia and the United Workers’ Union of Liberia (UWUL-Local #4, ArcelorMittal Workers) signed the company’s first Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), aimed at establishing a formal structure for regulating all aspects of the company and its employees’ relationship.

Sesa Goa Ordered to Stop Met Coke Plant

07 September 2012 - Sesa Goa Ltd. was ordered by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to stop activity at its metallurgical coke plant due to two incidents of soot emissions owing to the misfiring by two high-capacity burners during the commissioning of a second bettery on 17 & 18 August.

POSCO Selected as One of "Best Places to Work" for 3rd Consecutive Year

07 September 2012 - POSCO ranked 2nd in the manufacturing sector and 1st in the steel industry sector in the "30 Best Places to Work in Korea" rankings selected by KMAC.

Court Blocks Deliveries to Italian Steel Plant

06 September 2012 - An Italian court has blocked raw material deliveries to Europe’s biggest steel plant, an investigative source said on Thursday 6 September, according to Reuters, escalating a spat between the government and judges over the future of one of southern Italy’s largest industrial employers.

Praxair to Invest US$66 Million in Two New Plants in Argentina

06 September 2012 - Industrial-gas supplier Praxair Inc. plans to invest 305 million Argentine pesos ($66 million) in Argentina to build two new plants to produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon.

New Volkswagen Golf Lightens Up with High- and Ultra High-Strength Steel

06 September 2012 - WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association, is saluting the news that Volkswagen’s new Golf uses an increased amount of advanced steel grades to aid in its safety-conscious lightweighting efforts.

NanoSteel Names Automotive Structure and Materials Design Expert to Advisory Board

06 September 2012 - The NanoSteel® Company announced the addition of Paul Geck to its Board of Advisors as the company moves closer to commercial introduction of its automotive advanced high strength steel.

China Issues New Regulations for Steel Industry

06 September 2012 - On 3 September, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced a series of new regulations to fine-tune the domestic iron and steel industry to make it more energy efficient and environmentally friendly.

WISCO Develops Corrosion-Resistant Steel Plate for Oil Tankers

06 September 2012 - Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel Co. (WISCO) announced it has successfully produced corrosion-resistant steel plate for application in oil storage tanks aboard oil tankers.

Construction Industry Remains Major Steel Consuming Sector in ASEAN

06 September 2012 - The construction industry is the largest steel consuming sector in ASEAN, contributing to about 63% of total steel consumption in the region, the Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute reports.

Universal Stainless Achieves Nadcap Materials Testing Laboratory Accreditation for North Jackson

06 September 2012 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' North Jackson, Ohio, facility recently completed the Nadcap audit, successfully meeting all requirements for checklists AC7101/1 Rev E, the general requirement for all Nadcap accredited laboratories, and AC7101/2 Rev C for chemical testing.

Aerospace Market Continues Testing New Landing Gear Application Using CUSTOM 465® Stainless Steel

06 September 2012 - Carpenter Technology Corporation is participating in a multi-year program to qualify CUSTOM 465® stainless steel for landing gear components where ultra-high strength steel is used.

Horsehead Plans Zinc Oxide Price Increases for 2013

05 September 2012 - Horsehead Holding Corp. announced that its Horsehead Corporation and Zochem Inc. subsidiaries plan to raise prices on their zinc oxide products in 2013 and allocate production capacity to their higher margin customers.

U.S. Import License Data Shows Signficant Increases in Several Key Products

05 September 2012 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of August totaled 2,591,000 tons - an 8% decrease from the 2,824,000 permit tons recorded in July, but only a 0.3% increase from the July preliminary imports

Tianjin Materials Orders 60,000 Tonnes of HBI from Canada

05 September 2012 - Northern Iron Corp. announced receipt of an order from Tianjin Materials & Equipment Group Corporation of China for 60,000 tonnes of hot briquetted iron (HBI) to be delivered in 2016.

SSAB Announces 2012 Swedish Steel Prize Finalists

05 September 2012 - The winner of the 2012 Swedish Steel Prize will be announced on 15 November; four finalists have been chosen for their innovations for the packaging and transportation of metallic scrap, light and sustainable train seats, a truck suspension system, and a timber transportation vehicle called forwarder.

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