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Tenaris to Supply 470 Kilometers of Pipe for North Argentina Pipeline

24 March 2015 - Tenaris’s mill in Brazil will supply pipes to Odebrecht, the Brazilian company responsible for the capacity expansion of the North Argentina Pipeline.

ArcelorMittal Set to Invest €88 Million in Germany This Year

24 March 2015 - For the world's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal, its sites in Germany remain very important.

NLMK Group Increases Use of Secondary Energy Sources at Novolipetsk

24 March 2015 - NLMK Group, a Russian manufacturer of high value added steel products, has begun hot testing of a new ‘green energy’ top-pressure recovery turbine (TRT) facility at its Lipetsk production site. Another turbine is under construction in parallel, with launch scheduled for 2016.

Timken Awards Scholarships Valued at $540,000 to 17 Children of Employees Around the World

24 March 2015 - The Timken Co. awarded scholarships to 17 sons and daughters of Timken associates in 11 locations around the world.

Cliffs Natural Resources to Sell Canadian Chromite Assets

23 March 2015 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Chromite assets in Northern Ontario, Canada, to Noront Resources Ltd. for CA$20 million.

Munroe Responds to Disaster, Turns Job in 10 Days

23 March 2015 - On 27 March 2014, a major U.S. steel producer in the Great Lakes region experienced a catastrophic failure of a giant collector duct pipe that collapsed and crashed through the roof of the company’s BOP shop.

Large Woodings Goggle Valve Bound for Detroit Steelmaker

23 March 2015 - A large steelmaking facility is going big, having placed an order for the design and production of a very large hydraulic goggle valve from Woodings Industrial.

SMS Siemag Supplying Continuous Pickling Line to Turkey’s Tezcan

23 March 2015 - Turkish steel service center Tezcan has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a continuous pickling line.

EVRAZ Appoints Director of Investor Relations

23 March 2015 - EVRAZ announced the appointment of Irina Bakhturina to the role of director of investor relations effective 5 March 2015.

AK Steel Says Imports Negatively Impacting Shipments

20 March 2015 - AK Steel provided guidance for its first quarter 2015 financial results, saying it expects to report a net loss of US$0.23 to US$0.28 per diluted share of common stock for the first quarter of 2015.

worldsteel: February Global Steel Production 0.6% Higher Y-o-Y

20 March 2015 - World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 128 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2015, a 0.6% increase compared to February 2014.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Selects Contractor for New Environmental Projects

20 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has obtained up to 90% subsidy from the EU for another six environmental projects within the 48th call.

ThyssenKrupp Implements IDEAL Laser Welder into Existing HDG Line

20 March 2015 - The implementation of a laser welding machine into an existing hot dip galvanizing line (HDGL) a ThyssenKrupp in Germany (TKSE) set an example for IDEAL’s unique solutions.

Leeco Steel Names Three National Account Managers

20 March 2015 - Leeco Steel, one of the largest suppliers of steel plate in North America, has promoted three of its team members to a newly created position of national account manager.

U.S. Ambassador to Austria Visits voestalpine Headquarters

20 March 2015 - United States Ambassador to Austria, Alexa Wesner, recently showed great interest in the activities technology and capital goods group voestalpine is driving forward in the US. During a visit to the Group’s headquarters in Linz she discussed current economic framework conditions in Europe and the USA with voestalpine CEO Wolfgang Eder, as well as voestalpine’s future prospects in the United States.

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