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Harsco Wins Extended Agreement With Stainless Manufacturer

10 March 2016 - Mill services provider Harsco Corp. has won a five-year contract extension at a Belgian stainless mill, the company has announced.

First 1-Inch Coil Processed on New Red Bud Line

09 March 2016 - Coil-processing equipment manufacturer Red Bud Industries recently celebrated a significant achievement – it has built and installed what it says is one of the world’s largest cut-to-length lines and has processed its first coil of 1-inch steel, the company said in a statement.

China Intends to Idle More than 200 Mills in its Steelmaking Center

09 March 2016 - The Hebei province, China's steelmaking heartland, will close 60 percent of its steel mills by 2020 as part of the country's effort to curb excess capacity, reports Chinese business and finance magazine Caixin.

Paul Wurth Wins Order for Blast Furnace Charging System

09 March 2016 - South Korea’s POSCO has ordered a new charging system for the No. 3 blast furnace at its Pohang works, according to the vendor on the project.

Alpha Natural Resources Hopes to Exit Bankruptcy This Summer

08 March 2016 - Bankrupt metallurgical and thermal coal miner Alpha Natural Resources has filed a plan to exit U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but it will leave as a much smaller organization.

Primetals Awarded Contract for Caster Modernization

08 March 2016 - Italian steelmaker Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.a. plans to modernize the three-strand continuous billet caster at its Bolzano plant, according to the vendor on the project.

Union: U. S. Steel Plans to Idle Ohio Tubular Facility

08 March 2016 - United States Steel Corporation is planning to temporarily idle its Lorain, Ohio, USA, seamless tube mills, for two weeks, if not longer, a union official told The (Lorain County) Chronicle-Telegram newspaper.

Report: U. S. Steel Sets Up New Ownership Structure for Tubular Operations

08 March 2016 - United States Steel Corporation has created a new corporate structure for its tubular business, establishing a wholly owned subsidiary that will own its tube mills in Ohio and Alabama, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

EUROFER: U.S. Duties on Cold Rolled Steel Will 'Re-establish' Level Playing Field

07 March 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department’s preliminary imposition of a 266 percent duty on Chinese-made cold rolled steel will “re-establish” a level playing field. The European Union would do well to take note, said European Steel Association director general Axel Eggert.

ArcelorMittal CEO Sees Improvement on the Horizon

07 March 2016 - There’s finally some light at the end of the tunnel, ArcelorMittal’s chief executive told The (London) Financial Times.

ATI Looks for Post-Lockout Production to Normalize in April

07 March 2016 - With a six-month lockout at an end, unionized employees at Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) are to begin returning to work 13 March, the company has announced.

Striking Workers Halt Production at Mexican Plant

07 March 2016 - Unionized workers at ArcelorMittal’s Lazaro Cardenas steel works in Mexico have walked off the job, saying that the company has violated their collective bargaining agreement.

Angry Shareholders Launch Proxy Fight at Iron Ore Development Company

04 March 2016 - There’s a proxy battle afoot at Canada’s New Millennium Iron Corp. as a group of shareholders, angry about the company’s direction and declining stock price, look to replace its board of directors, reports The Northern Miner trade newspaper.