Steel News

SEASI Gives Analysis of Steelmaking and Ferrous Scrap Supply in ASEAN

12 September 2013 - ASEAN’s total steelmaking capacity is estimated at 39.4 million tonnes in 2013 and is expected to expand by 6–7 million tonnes by next year, the South East Asia Iron & Steel Institute (SEASI) reports.

Arch Coal Named Among Top Business Technology Innovators

12 September 2013 - Arch Coal, Inc. earned a spot in the 2013 InformationWeek 500. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Arch Coal has been ranked one of the nation's most innovative users of business technology by InformationWeek.

OMV Petrom Establishes World Record Using Tenaris Products

12 September 2013 - OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in southeastern Europe, recently set a world record for the diameter and depth of a column drilled using Tenaris casing drilling.

Outotec Selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

12 September 2013 - Outotec has been selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index for 2013–2014. The DJSI follows a best-in-class approach, including companies across all industries that outperform their peers in numerous sustainability metrics.

Outokumpu Appoints New Head of Investor Relations

12 September 2013 - Johanna Henttonen has been appointed as head of investor relations at Outokumpu as of 10 September 2013. She will report to the CFO of Outokumpu and will be based in Outokumpu head office in Espoo, Finland.

JFE Steel's Earthquake-Resistant Linepipe Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award

11 September 2013 - JFE Steel Corporation announced that its earthquake-resistant linepipe HIPER® won the 2013 R&D 100 Award for Mechanical Systems, presented by the U.S. science and technology publication R&D Magazine.

World Steel Association Announces 8th Virtual Steelmaking Challenge

11 September 2013 - Each year since 2005, the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has hosted the steeluniversity Virtual Steelmaking Challenge, where students and young industry employees can test their skills using the sophisticated online process simulations.

Ellwood Group Announces 7th Annual Metallurgy Scholarship

11 September 2013 - The Ellwood Group, Inc. is pleased to announce its 7th Annual Metallurgy Scholarship, which is awarded to talented and dedicated metallurgical students to encourage their pursuit of a career within the steel and heavy metal industry.

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Prices in U.S. and China Take a Pause

11 September 2013 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ Western European HRB price for 9 September 2013 showed Western Europe and world export prices up 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively, and prices in the U.S. and China down 0.3% and 0.6%, respectively.

Full Sunset Reviews to Be Conducted on U.S. Duties on Silicon Metal from Russia

11 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to conduct a full five- year ("sunset") review concerning the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Russia.

U.S. Agency to Expedite Sunset Reviews of Duties on Chinese Pipe

10 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to expedite its five-year (sunset) reviews concerning the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China.

New CFO Appointed to Sandvik Group

10 September 2013 - Mats Backman has been appointed executive vice president and CFO of Sandvik and member of the Group Executive Management, effective 1 October 2013.

EVRAZ North America and USW Extend Agreement at Pueblo

09 September 2013 - The United Steelworkers (USW) Locals 2102 and 3267, their respective executive boards and EVRAZ North America have approved a three-year extension of the existing collective bargaining agreement for the Pueblo, Colo., facility.

AIIS: U.S. Exports Inch Up in July

09 September 2013 - U.S. steel exports increased in July by 2.2% over June according to government reporting analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

U.S. Agency to Conduct Sunset Reviews of Duties on Wire Rod

09 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to conduct full five- year (sunset) reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil and the antidumping duty orders on wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine.

Timken Announces Planned Departure of Executive Vice President; Additional Leaders Named

09 September 2013 - The Timken Company announced that Glenn A. Eisenberg, executive vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, plans to leave the company next year when it separates the steel business from its bearings and power transmission (B&PT) business via a spinoff. 

Baosteel Wins Nine Prizes in Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013

06 September 2013 - Recently, the China Iron & Steel Association and the Awards Committee of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards of the Chinese Society for Metals officially announced the evaluation and selection results of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013. Out of a total of 76 award-winning projects, Baosteel won nine awards — the only Grand Prize awarded, two 1st place prizes, four 2nd place prizes, and two 3rd place prizes.

NLMK/Lipetsk University Educational Project Wins State Support in National Contest

06 September 2013 - A joint project from NLMK Group's Novolipetsk and its affiliated university, the Lipetsk State Technical University, has won an open contest organized by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for a state grant to implement projects aimed at training highly-qualified personnel for companies of the Lipetsk region.

Emirates Steel Dispatches First Shipment of Structural Steel to the Americas

05 September 2013 - The first ever 'Made in UAE' shipment of structural steel landed recently in the American and Mexican ports of Huston and Altamira. It represented Emirates Steel's first ever export shipment to the Americas.

AIIS: Domestic Industry Files Another Trade Case

05 September 2013 - On 4 September 2013, a group of domestic producers of reinforcing bar filed antidumping cases against Turkey and Nafta partner Mexico and a countervailing duty case against Turkey, the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reports.