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ArcelorMittal and CSC Sign IT Services Agreement in Europe
22 July 2011 - CSC has signed a contract with ArcelorMittal to provide information technology (IT) infrastructure managed services. CSC’s work will involve all ArcelorMittal’s Western and Eastern Europe IT operations.
Outokumpu Appoints Executive VP, Specialty Stainless
21 July 2011 - Outokumpu Group announced the appointment of Jarmo Tonteri as Executive Vice President - Specialty Stainless and member of the Group's Executive Committee.
World Crude Steel Production Dips Slightly in June 2011
21 July 2011 - World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association stood at an estimated 127.75 million tonnes for June 2011, 1.6% lower than the previous month (May 2011) and 8.0% higher in comparison with June 2010.
EPA and DEC Report Progress at Tonawanda Coke
21 July 2011 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced progress in their agencies’ investigation of the Tonawanda Coke Corp. and launched a new community-wide effort to reduce pollution.
Novolipetsk Reduces Environmental Footprint
21 July 2011 - NLMK has upgraded its aspiration system in the refractory shop at Lipetsk to improve the efficiency of its gas cleaning equipment to the level of best available technologies.
ITC Reports Mixed Findings on Stainless Plate from Five Countries
21 July 2011 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking the existing CVD order on stainless steel plate from South Africa and the existing AD orders on stainless plate from Belgium, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan would likely lead to material injury. It also determined that revoking the existing AD order on stainless plate from Italy would not be likely to lead to material injury.
Lakeside Hires New Vice President Commercial
20 July 2011 - Lakeside Steel Inc. announced the appointment of Robert Okrzesik to the position of Vice President Commercial.
ThyssenKrupp Appoints Management Team for Stainless Global
20 July 2011 - ThyssenKrupp AG has taken two major steps toward the separation of its Stainless Global business area: the new management structure was determined and the new Stainless Global management team was selected.
Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Merges with SAIL
20 July 2011 - Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd (MEL), the 99.12% subsidiary of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), has been merged with SAIL. MEL has the capacity to produce about 100,000 tonnes of manganese-based ferro-alloys.
Evraz Executives Honored by IR Magazine
20 July 2011 - Evraz Group executives are recognized for best investor relations by IR Magazine Russia & CIS.
Essar Steel Records 35% Growth in Finished Steel in Fiscal 1st Quarter
20 July 2011 - Essar Steel reported the production at 1.07 million tonnes finished steel from its Indian operations during first quarter of 2011-12, reflecting a robust growth of 35.44%.
EPA Fines Tenaris Global Services for Environmental Reporting Violations
19 July 2011 - Tenaris Global Services, (USA) Corp. has agreed to pay $717,324 in civil penalties to settle violations of environmental regulations at seven facilities.
MMK Completes Construction of MMK-Atakas Metalworks
19 July 2011 - Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works has launched the MMK-Atakas continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit in Istanbul, marking the completion of construction of the MMK-Atakas metallurgy complex. The plant’s capacity is 450,000 tonnes per annum of galvanized steel.
Growth in Metals Shipments Slows in June
19 July 2011 - U.S. and Canadian metals service center shipments of both steel and aluminum increased in June from 2010 levels according to the latest Metals Activity Report from MSCI, although the rate of growth slowed significantly.
Steel Dynamics Reports 2nd Quarter 2011 Results
19 July 2011 - Steel Dynamics reports net income of $99 million on net sales of $2.1 billion for the second quarter.
May Steel Shipments up 1.7% from April
19 July 2011 - U.S. steel mills shipped 7,380,064 net tons for the month of May 2011, a 1.7% increase from the 7,258,534 net tons shipped in the previous month according to the latest report from AISI.
Metinvest Expands In-House Production of Coking Coal
19 July 2011 - Metinvest announced plans to increase its in-house production of coking coal, following the commissioning of Affinity Mine, owned by its subsidiary United Coal Co. The planned capacity of this coal mining unit will amount to 1.9 million tonnes of high-quality coking coal.
Baosteel Ranks 16 on 2011 Fortune 500 Chinese Enterprises
18 July 2011 - Baosteel was ranked No. 16 in the 2011 Fortune 500 Chinese enterprises, which Fortune released last week on its Chinese website.
MMK Launches First Stage of New Cold Rolling Complex
18 July 2011 - Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) recently launched its Mill 2000 project, the first stage of a new cold rolling complex with 2 million tonnes-per-annum capacity of finished products.
Siemens VAI to Modernize Hot-Rolling Mill at Hoesch Hohenlimburg
18 July 2011 - Siemens received a contract from Hoesch Hohenlimburg GmbH to modernize the medium-wide-strip hot-rolling mill at the company's Hagen location. The project is scheduled for completion by mid-January 2013.
