Steel News

U.S. Import Permits Down 10% in June

03 July 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that steel import permit applications for the month of June total 2,565,000 tons — this was a 10% decrease from the 2,853,000 permit tons recorded in May.

U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Trade Case on Stainless Pressure Pipe

03 July 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of welded stainless steel pressure pipe from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam that are allegedly sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

AISI Supports OCTG Imports Investigations Filed Today

02 July 2013 - The trade association representing North American steel producers today lent its support to petitions filed today with the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the International Trade Commissions (ITC) seeking antidumping relief on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam. Petitioners are also seeking countervailing duties on certain OCTG from India and Turkey.

AIIS Questions Massive OCTG Case Filing as Overkill

02 July 2013 - The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) believes that a trade case filed today by U.S. pipe producers against OCTG imports from 9 countries is excessive and unwarranted.

Universal Stainless Reaches Early Labor Agreement at Its Bridgeville Facility

02 July 2013 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. has reached a new 5-year collective bargaining agreement with the hourly employees at its Bridgeville facility represented by Local 9531 of the United Steelworkers.

AIIS Announces Leader's Retirement Plans

01 July 2013 - The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) announced that long standing president, David Phelps, will retire 1 October 2013 — with flexibility for transition issues.

Severstal CEO Elected President of Russian Steel Partnership

01 July 2013 - Alexey Mordashov, CEO of ОАО Severstal, has been elected president of Russian Steel, the not-for-profit partnership that unites Russia’s major iron and steel producers.

Essar Steel Algoma Reaches Tentative Agreement with USW Local 2251

01 July 2013 - ESSAR Steel Algoma Inc. announced that a tentative agreement has been reached with USW Local 2251, the union representing the company's hourly workers in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. 

Tata Steel Supports Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

28 June 2013 - Tata Steel announced the CEO of Tata Steel Europe and one of the company's young engineers will attend the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

MMFX Steel Corp. of America Expands Regional Support

28 June 2013 - MMFX Steel Corp. of America has expanded its regional support structure with the addition of Jeff Girard as regional sales manager covering the states of Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio.

Agency Says Dumped and Subsidized Silicon Metal from China Injuring Canadian Market

28 June 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of silicon metal from the People's Republic of China have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.

Cliffs Natural Resources Announces Retirement of Vice President, Government and Public Affairs

27 June 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced that Dana Byrne, vice president – government and public affairs, will retire from the company effective 1 July 2013.

Sandvik Appoints New Head of Group Communications

27 June 2013 - Jessica Alm, head of communications at Sandvik Coromant, has been appointed executive vice president and head of group communications as well as member of the group executive management of Sandvik AB.

AIIS: U.S. Steel Imports Inch Up in May

26 June 2013 - U.S. steel imports increased in May over April by 2.3% based on preliminary government reporting analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

AISI: Preliminary U.S. Steel Imports Increase 2% in May

25 June 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,802,000 tons of steel in May, including 2,123,000 tons of finished steel (up 2% and down 1%, respectively, vs. April final data).

Severstal Ranked as Second Most Competitive Global Steelmaker

25 June 2013 - OAO Severstal has been ranked as the second most competitive global steelmaker in a June 2013 report by World Steel Dynamics (WSD).

Abakan's CermaClad™ Pipe Manufacturing Technology Wins AMM Steel Excellence Award

25 June 2013 - Abakan Inc. announced that its CermaClad™ high-speed large-area metal cladding technology has received the Steel Excellence Award from American Metal Market (AMM) under the ‘Best Process Innovation category.’

Vallourec Appoints Vice President of Group Communications

25 June 2013 - Vallourec announced the appointment of Laurence Pernot as vice president of group communications.

CMI Group Director Hans Joachim Kruger Passes Away

24 June 2013 - It is with deep regret that the CMI Group announced the death of Hans Joachim Kruger, CMI director since June 2002. He died on Sunday 16 June 2013.

World Crude Steel Production Up 2.6% Year-on-Year in May

24 June 2013 - World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 136 million tonnes in May 2013, an increase of 2.6% compared to May 2012.