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The Bradbury Group Introduces CTL Line with Rotary Shear and e-Drive® Leveler

05 January 2015 - The Bradbury Group has introduced a 60” X .070” cut-to-length line featuring a Bradbury e-Drive® leveler and an Athader rotary shear operating at 300 FPM eliminating the need for a looping pit. The line is also equipped with a recoiler giving the ability to rework secondary coils into leveled prime coils.

SunCoke Energy Inc. Announces Sale of Harold Keene Coal Companies Unit

05 January 2015 - SunCoke Energy Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Jewell Resources Inc., executed a definitive agreement to sell 100% of its interest in the entities that make up the Harold Keene coal companies (HKCC) to Omega Holdings LLC for approximately US$9.5 million.

Ryerson Acquires Ohio Service Center

05 January 2015 - Ryerson Holding Corp., a leading processor and distributor of metals, has acquired Fay Industries Inc., a privately-owned metals service center company located in Strongsville, Ohio.

Kobe Steel CEO Delivers New Year's Message to Employees

05 January 2015 - On 5 January, the first working day of 2015, president and CEO Hiroya Kawasaki gave a New Year's message to company employees.

Magnetation Announces First Production at New Iron Ore Concentrate Plant

02 January 2015 - Magnetation LLC has successfully produced its first iron ore concentrate at its new plant, Plant Four, located near Grand Rapids, Minn.

EVRAZ North America and Local USW Reach Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement

02 January 2015 - EVRAZ North America announced that a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement has been reached with United Steelworkers Union locals 5890 (Regina, Sask., Canada) and 6673 (Calgary, Alta., Canada). A ratification date has not yet been scheduled due to the holidays.

ISSF: Global Stainless Steel Production Up 9% in First Nine Months of 2014

02 January 2015 - The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first nine months of 2014 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 8.9% year–on–year to 30.9 million metric tons. Production increased in all regions except for Central and Eastern Europe.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery USA Announces Name Change

02 January 2015 - Effective 2 December 2014, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery USA Inc. has changed its name to Primetals Technologies U.S.A. Holdings Inc.

AIIS: U.S. Steel Imports Decline for First Time in Three Months

02 January 2015 - U.S. steel imports fell by more than 18% in November, marking the first decline in three months, according to analysis from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

New Wire Rope Scanning Technology from SCX Improves Safety, Reduces Downtime

01 January 2015 - The chance of unplanned downtime and accidents resulting from defective cranes used for metal manufacturing could be reduced by new wire rope scanning technology from SCX.

Vallourec Supplies Seamless Pipes to Support Magnetic Levitation Train

01 January 2015 - Vallourec has supplied seamless steel pipes to create a high road for the tracks of a magnetic levitation train prototype.

JSW Steel Inaugurates New Cold Rolling Mill Complex

01 January 2015 - JSW Steel’s new greenfield cold rolling mill at the Vijayanagar works was inaugurated on 25 April 2014.

NLMK Group Opens Trade Office in Brazil

01 January 2015 - NLMK Group announced the opening of its trade office in São Paolo, Brazil, and a logistics office in São Francisco do Sul, Brazil.

Oschatz Creates Oschatz Filtertechnology Subsidiary

01 January 2015 - Oschatz is continuing to expand: At the end of 2014, the Essen, Germany-based plant construction company founded a strategic subsidiary, Oschatz Filtertechnology.

EUROFER: EU Trade Policy Needs to Become More Reactive and Effective

01 January 2015 - Securing an international level playing field has become increasingly challenging, EUROFER says: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with major emerging, resource-rich economies are not concluded while protectionist measures are cumulating in all steel regions of the world outside the EU.

JP Steel Plantech Signs Cooperation Agreement with Küttner

31 December 2014 - JP Steel Plantech Co. has agreed to strengthen mutual cooperation realted to iron and steel technology with German engineering company Küttner GmbH & Co. KG with the signing of a basic cooperation agreement.

Oxlean Manufacturing Expanding Steel Fabrication Plant with US$2.1 Million Investment

31 December 2014 - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Oxlean Manufacturing LLC President and CEO Dale Huval announced the company will invest US$2.1 million to expand and modernize the steel fabrication facility it acquired in Walker, La., earlier this year.

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