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Eddie Kane Steel Opens Facility in Tuscaloosa

09 June 2011 - Eddie Kane Steel Products announced this week the addition of its newest distribution facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Rio Tinto Wins Health Award for Community Investment in Guinea

08 June 2011 - Rio Tinto, through its subsidiary Simfer S.A, has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Global Business Coalition Health Business Action on Health Awards for its work on malaria and HIV/AIDS prevention in the communities surrounding the Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea.

Outokumpu to Supply Special Stainless for Dam at Finland’s Tammerkoski Rapids

08 June 2011 - Outokumpu has been selected to deliver LDX 2101®, a special duplex stainless steel, for the total reconstruction of the dam at the upper reaches of the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Finland.

SMS Siemag to Supply 20-Roll Cold Mill to Bahru Stainless

08 June 2011 - SMS Siemag is supplying a 20-roll cold mill of type MB 22B-52” for a new cold rolling complex being built for Bahru Stainless in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The mill is scheduled to go into operation in December 2012.

OSHA Fines AK Steel for Hearing Hazard Violations at Butler

08 June 2011 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited AK Steel Corp. for record-keeping violations related to potential hearing hazards at its Butler Works facility in Butler, PA. Proposed penalties total $206,000.

Mechel Launches Modernized Steelmaking Complex at Otelu Rosu

08 June 2011 - Mechel OAO has launched a modernized steelmaking complex at its Romanian-based subsidiary Ductil Steel Otelu Rosu. The reconstructed complex includes a new electric arc furnace with the COSS system, an upgraded continuous billet caster, and a modern scrap metal preparation section.

Novolipetsk Recognized as Best Russian Exporter

07 June 2011 - Novolipetsk Steel has been awarded the title "Best Russian Exporter 2010" in a contest held by the Russian Ministry of Industry & Trade.

Tata Steel Celebrates Environment Month in June

07 June 2011 - Tata Environment Month is an initiative the company launched last year to mark the annual World Environment Day on June 5. Throughout the month, Tata Steel plans to demonstrate how the steel industry can be a key part of a more sustainable, lower carbon world.

JFE Steel Group to Integrate its Electric Furnace Operations

07 June 2011 - JFE Steel Corp. announced plans to integrate four of the group’s electric furnace-based companies: JFE Bars & Shapes Corp., Daiwa Steel Corp., Tohoku Steel Corp. and Toyohira Steel Corp.

U. S. Steel, Carnegie Pension Fund Announce Executive Changes

07 June 2011 - United States Steel and the trustee for its pension and other benefit plans, Carnegie Pension Fund, have announced that Gary A. Glynn, President of the fund since 1985, will retire effective July 31. Effective August 1, William Donovan, who currently serves as Vice President – Investments, will succeed Glynn as President.

Siemens to Supply AOD Converter to Viraj Profiles

07 June 2011 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies won an order from stainless steel producer Viraj Profiles Ltd. to supply an AOD (argon-oxygen decarburization) converter for its plant located in Tarapur, Maharashtra, India. The project is scheduled for completion by mid-2011.

Danieli Group Forms New Business Unit

06 June 2011 - Danieli Group has decided to establish a new business unit, Danieli Linz Technology, to deal with the steel production with Oxygen Converters (BOF). The Group claims that it will become the only company capable of supplying the complete BOF shop with fully owned, proprietary technologies.

Mechel Announces New Managing Director at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant

06 June 2011 - Mechel OAO has announced the appointment of Rashid Nugumanovas Managing Director of Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, succeeding Sergei Malyshev, who is moving to the company’s headquarters.

V & M Star Builds New Ohio Plant

06 June 2011 - V & M Star is building a new seamless tube plant in Youngstown, scheduled for commissioning in the first half of 2012. Construction is being carried out by Danieli Centro Tube, and Friedrich Kocks will supply its latest-generation Extractor and Stretch Reducing Block.

Posco’s Innovation Activity Yields New Beginning for VSC-Posco

06 June 2011 - VSC-Posco Steel is a provider of low carbon steel wire rods and steel wires in Vietnam, where demand is strong, but the company has been competing with outdated facilities.

Vale Mines Recognized for Top Safety

06 June 2011 - The John T. Ryan Trophy, honoring Canada's safest metal mine, was awarded to Vale's T1 and Birchtree Mines in Thompson, Manitoba, for having the lowest reportable injury frequency per 200,000 hours worked in Canada.

Severstal NA Hot Commissions Second EAF at Columbus

03 June 2011 - Severstal North America marked another chapter at its Columbus plant this week with production of the first tons on its second primary strand.

ArcelorMittal Organizes Ecological Picnic in Poland

03 June 2011 - Organized by ArcelorMittal Poland in cooperation with Tauron, a “family ecological picnic” was recently held in Dąbrowa Górnicza. A highlight was the planting of 100 trees, which marked the beginning of a larger project launched this year by both companies.

Posco, Nippon Steel Hold Technology Exchange

03 June 2011 - The hot rolling department at Posco’s Gwangyang Steel Works recently hosted a two-day technology-exchange event with Nippon Steel Corp.

NMDC Signs Contract for India’s Largest Blast Furnace

03 June 2011 - NMDC Limited has signed a contract with Tata Projects Limited and Danieli Corus to set up India’s largest blast furnace for a 3 MTPY integrated steel plant the company is planning to construct at Nagamar.

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