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Siderperu Offers 100 Scholarships for Technical Training to Young People
22 February 2013 - Siderperu, Gerdau's operations in Peru, has opened registration for its 11th Admission Contest to Technical School, which will deliver 100 full scholarships (70 in the specialty of mechanical maintenance and 30 in steel production) for young students.
U. S. Steel Names Burt Caldwell General Manager – Sales
21 February 2013 - United States Steel Corporation announced that Burt Caldwell has been named general manager – sales for its North American flat-rolled sales team based in Chicago, effective 1 March 2013.
ALJ Regional Holdings Announces Management Restructure
21 February 2013 - ALJ Regional Holdings has announced changes in its management structure as a result of its divestiture of Kentucky Electric Steel to Optima Specialty Steel.
World Crude Steel Output Down 0.8% in January
20 February 2013 - World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 125 million tonnes in January 2013, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to January 2012.
Kennametal Names New Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
18 February 2013 - Kennametal Inc. announced the appointment of Robert J. Clemens, Ph.D., to the position of vice president and chief technical officer, reporting to Kennametal chairman, president and chief executive officer Carlos Cardoso.
Wheeling-Nisshin Announces Organizational Changes
18 February 2013 - Wheeling-Nisshin continues to prepare for the introduction of ZAM® into the American marketplace. In an effort to be better situated for this project, the company has announced several organizational changes.
U.S. Agency Will Remove Import Duties on HDG Flats from Germany and Korea
15 February 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking the existing countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea and the existing antidumping duty orders on this product from Germany and Korea would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
EGI Announces 2012-2013 US$15,000 Metallurgy Scholarship Winner
15 February 2013 - The Ellwood Group Inc. announced that Stephen Rooney of Montclair, N.J., is the winner of the sixth annual Ellwood Group, Inc. Metallurgy Scholarship.
BlueScope Steel Announces Retirement of Non-Executive Director
15 February 2013 - BlueScope Steel Limited announced that non-executive director, Ms. Diane Grady, has retired from the Board.
TMK Announces New Appointments
15 February 2013 - TMK announced the appointment of Alexander Lyalkov, senior vice-president of TMK, as managing director of the Volzhsky Pipe Plant. Elena Blagova, managing director of Volzhsky Pipe Plant since 2007, shall join TMK Management Company to take responsibility for new projects.
RAD-CON Appoints New Director of Marketing and Sales
14 February 2013 - Cleveland, Ohio-based RAD-CON, Inc., a leader in hydrogen bell furnaces for strip and wire coils, announced that Wynn H. Kearns as joined the company as director of marketing and sales.
Barry Zekelman Returning as CEO of JMC Steel Group
14 February 2013 - JMC Steel Group announced that chief executive officer, Frank A. Riddick III, is leaving the company to pursue other matters and that Barry Zekelman, executive chairman, is returning to the office of CEO, effective immediately.
NanoSteel Names New Vice President and General Manager of Powder Metallurgy
13 February 2013 - The NanoSteel® Company, a leader in nano-structured steel materials design, announced that Harald Lemke has joined the company as vice president and general manager of powder metallurgy.
U.S. Steel Exports Continue Slump in December, but Set an All-Time Record for the Year
12 February 2013 - Steel exports set a new record in 2012, increasing 2.2% over the previous record year of 2008, according to government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).
Charter Manufacturing Enters Fourth Generation of Family Leadership
11 February 2013 - Charter Manufacturing Co. announced chairman and CEO John A. Mellowes will step down from his day-to-day duties in July as his two sons take on the top leadership roles with the company.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Receives 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator Award
08 February 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has received a Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator Award, which honors the world’s top 100 most innovative corporations and institutions.
Severstal Ranked as Third Most Competitive Steelmaker
07 February 2013 - OAO Severstal, a Russia-based steel and steel-related mining company, has been ranked as the third most competitive global steelmaker in 2012 in a report by World Steel Dynamics.
U.S. Finished Steel Imports Jump in January
06 February 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that steel import permit applications for the month of January 2013 totaled 2,629,000 tons — a 12% rise from December 2012.
U. S. Steel Names Patrick J. Mullarkey Plant Manager — Fairfield Tubular Operations
05 February 2013 - United States Steel Corporation announced that Patrick J. Mullarkey has been named plant manager — Fairfield Tubular Operations, part of United States Steel Tubular Products Inc., located near Birmingham, Ala. effective 1 February 2013.
Report: Better Times on the Horizon for Steelmakers Who Survive 2013
05 February 2013 - The latest global steel report from Ernst & Young says excess steelmaking capacity globally will remain the biggest issue for the sector this year. It also questions the assumption that vertical integration in the sector adds value.
