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U.S. Import Permits Down 5% in February

07 March 2013 - the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of February total 2,558,000 tons. This was a 5% decrease from the 2,692,000 permit tons recorded in January and down 0.8% from the January preliminary imports total of 2,579,000 tons.

SSAB Earns Recognition as a John Deer "Partner-Level Supplier"

06 March 2013 - SSAB has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2012 in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating.

SDI Announces John Nolan Will Lead New Product Development Initiative

06 March 2013 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced that John Nolan, vice president and general manager of the company's Structural and Rail Division, has been appointed to the newly created corporate level position of vice president – product development.

EVRAZ Stratcor Names New Customer Services Manager

05 March 2013 - Lesa White became the new customer services manager for EVRAZ Stratcor, Inc., a major producer of specialty-vanadium products, effective 1 March 2013.

Sandvik Materials Technology President Wins Prestigious Award

05 March 2013 - Petra Einarsson, president of Sandvik Materials Technology, was named the 2013 winner of the prestigious award “Most powerful woman in business in Sweden.”

Siemens Facility Receives Highest Award for Outstanding Safety

04 March 2013 - Siemens Industry Inc.'s Metallurgical Services Offline Maintenance facility in Milan, Ohio, has received the Gold Safety Award from Liberty Mutual for exceptional safety for the second consecutive year.

Outokumpu Appoints Senior Vice President – Sales, Stainless Coil EMEA

04 March 2013 - Olli-Matti Saksi has been appointed as Outokumpu’s senior vice president – sales, Business Area Stainless Coil EMEA as of 2 April 2013.

January U.S. Steel Imports Up Month-on-Month but Down Year-on-Year

01 March 2013 - U.S. steel imports increased 4.6% in January 2013 compared to December 2012, according to preliminary government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel.

Gerdau Employees Are Industry Champions of North America at Global Steel Competition

28 February 2013 - Richard Zhang and Kyle Cormier, employees at the Gerdau steel mill in Whitby, Canada, were industry champions of North America and won second place in the World Steel Association’s 7th annual Steel University Challenge, which took place on 19 February in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Preliminary Steel Imports Increase 5% in January

27 February 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,579,000 tons of steel in January, including 2,106,000 tons of finished steel (up 5% and 18%, respectively, vs. December final data).

ArcelorMittal Appoints New Head of Human Resources

27 February 2013 - ArcelorMittal has appointed Henri Blaffart as executive vice president and head of human resources (HR), effective 1 April 2013.

SteelBenchmarker Report: World HRB Export Prices Up as Regional Prices Fall

27 February 2013 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ World export HRB price for 25 February rose 2.7% to $608 per tonne, FOB the port of export, for the fourth consecutive time.

AK Steel Announces Price Increase for Carbon Steel Products

27 February 2013 - AK Steel said today that it will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products by a minimum of $50 per ton, effective immediately with new orders.

SSAB Appoints New CFO

27 February 2013 - SSAB has appointed Håkan Folin as its new chief financial officer. He has previously held a number of senior positions in the company and will take up the position of CFO on 1 May 2013.

Rautaruukki Appoints New Senior Vice President, Human Resources

27 February 2013 - Sami Ärilä, LLM, has been appointed senior vice president, human resources and a member of the corporate executive board of Rautaruukki Corporation as of 1 March 2013.

Severstal North America Begins Recruiting for Summer Internship Program in Dearborn, Mich.

26 February 2013 - Severstal North America announced the start of recruitment for its popular summer internship program at its Dearborn, Mich. location, offering paid internships in engineering, material science, computer science, accounting and finance, safety, marketing, supply chain management, communications, and human resources.

Shale-Inland Appoints Frank Riddick as Executive Chairman

26 February 2013 - Shale-Inland Holdings announced that, effective 21 February 2013, Frank A. Riddick, III has been appointed the company's executive chairman. He replaces Craig Bouchard, who no longer serves as a director.

Australia Cyclone to Hit Iron Ore Trade as Ports Close

25 February 2013 - World trade in iron ore faces major disruption as an intense cyclone bears down on Western Australian shipping ports handling nearly half of the global supply, Reuters reports.

USAMP and A/SP Receive US$6 Million Award for Advanced High-Strength Steel Project

25 February 2013 - The United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC (USAMP), in collaboration with the Auto/Steel Partnership (A/SP), received a competitively solicited award for US$6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its “Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Approach to Development of Lightweight, Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steels (3GAHSS)” project.

Line Pipe Coating Facility Managed by Tenaris Receives Safety Recognition Award

25 February 2013 - Pipe Coaters Nigeria Ltd (PCN), the line pipe coating company managed by Tenaris, received a safety recognition award from Chevron and West Africa Ventures for its performance on the Escravos Gas Project 3A.

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