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Danieli Automation to Revamp Wire Rod Mill Automation and Drives for PT Pulogadung Steel

31 December 2014 - To revamp the automation and drives of the wire rod mill in operation at the Jakarta, Indonesia, operations of PT Pulogadung Steel, Danieli Automation will replace the armature and the field regulator cards of six DC converters for six stands of the rolling mill.

ArcelorMittal Providing 310,000 Metric Tons of Steel for Gas Pipeline Across Europe

30 December 2014 - To enable the construction of one of the largest oil and gas pipelines in the world — the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) — ArcelorMittal is providing 310,000 metric tons of hot rolled coils from its production site in Bremen, Germany, more than one third of all the hot rolled coils needed for the TANAP project.

World's First Application of New In-Line Rail Hardening from Siemens Goes Commercial at Baotou

30 December 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received notice from Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. that the in-line “Injector Dual-phase Rail Hardening” (Idrha+) achieved the expected performances for the rail R60 U75V gr.340 according to TB/T2344-2012 norm and has therefore entered the regular commercial production.

Arch Coal Announces Retirement of Treasurer; Names Successor

30 December 2014 - Arch Coal Inc. announced that James E. Florczak, Arch's treasurer, will retire at the end of January after a 16-year career with Arch Coal. He will be succeeded by Matthew C. Giljum, who will become vice president, finance and treasurer at that time.

ArcelorMittal to Invest in New Dust Filters at Zenica Plant

30 December 2014 - ArcelorMittal Zenica, a steel producer located in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), announced the start of a major project to install advanced new dust filters in its basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant.

Mechel Reports Record Cargo Volumes at Trade Port Posiet

30 December 2014 - Mechel OAO reported that Trade Port Posiet's annual cargo volume reached 5 million metric tons of coal products by 25 December 2014. This is the best result in the Russian port's history.

Metinvest Works to Restore Transportation Routes After Bridge Explosion

30 December 2014 - Metinvest Group's Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol and Azovstal employed temporary measures to receive raw materials and transport finished products before the railway connection is restored between the enterprises and Mariupol Merchant Sea Port.

Northwest Pipe Co. Names New VP of Sales

29 December 2014 - Northwest Pipe Co. announced the hiring of Charles G. King as vice president of sales for the Atchison, Kan., facility.

Samuel Midwest Receives Outstanding Service Award from DYNAX America

29 December 2014 - Samuel Midwest is honored to receive the Outstanding Service Award from DYNAX America Corporation. The Award recognizes outstanding support and service for the calendar year 2013.

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Prices Continue Decline

29 December 2014 - In its two hundred tenth report, the SteelBenchmarker released nine steel products and three USA scrap prices. Of these, here are four benchmark prices for hot-rolled band for 22 December 2014:

Outotec Completes Employee Cooperation Negotiations in Finland

29 December 2014 - Employee cooperation negotiations concerning Outotec's operations in Finland have been completed.

JSW Steel Remains Committed to Bengal Steel Project

29 December 2014 - JSW Steel Ltd.’s proposed 10-million-tonnes-per-annum greenfield steel plant made good progress in acquisition of land, site development and coalmines exploration activities in the State of West Bengal, India.

Severstal Agrees to Sell Ukrainian Enterprise

26 December 2014 - Russia’s PAO Severstal announced that its Austrian subsidiary Severstal-Trade Gmbh has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Dneprometiz to a private German company.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco Supplying Steel for 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games

26 December 2014 - ArcelorMittal Dofasco is supplying steel for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games’ most iconic symbol — the cauldron.

MSCI: Growth in Service Center Shipments Positive in November

26 December 2014 - Except for the continuing small decline in Canadian steel shipments, the growth in metals shipments was positive in November 2014 but at a slower pace than in October, the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) revealed.

AISI: U.S. Steel Imports Declined 18% in November

26 December 2014 - Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 3,635,000 tons of steel in November, including 2,878,000 tons of finished steel (down 18.2% and 16.3%, respectively, vs. October final data).

Ryerson President and CEO to Retire in 2015

26 December 2014 - Ryerson Holding Corp., a leading distributor and processor of metals, announced that president and chief executive officer Michael C. Arnold will retire next year. He has served as Ryerson's president and chief executive officer since January 2011.

JFE’s Eco-Friendly Heat-Resistant Stainless Steel Wins 2014 R&D Award

26 December 2014 - JFE Steel Corp. announced that its resource-conserving, heat-resistant stainless steel—JFE-TF1—won the 2014 R&D 100 Award presented by the U.S. science and technology publication R&D Magazine.

Qatar Steel Conducts Sustainability Training Workshops

26 December 2014 - Qatar Steel recently conducted a series of sustainability training workshops designed to give its employees an understanding of what it means for Qatar Steel to be sustainable, and how the company intends to invest in sustainability in the coming years.

NLMK Group and WorldSkills Russia to Cooperate in Training Steelmaking Personnel

25 December 2014 - NLMK Group; WorldSkills Russia (WSR), an initiative backed by the Ministries of Education and Labour of the Russian Federation; and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing the talent pool available to the company and the industry as a whole.

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