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Baotou Steel Calls on Woodings for Two New Hydraulic Distributors

08 September 2014 - Baotou Steel — China's largest steel manufacturer in the northwest area — will install two Woodings-produced hydraulic distributors as part of the company’s upgrade to the No. 4 blast furnace facility in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia.

IMS Systems to Provide Worthington Steel with Three Center Line Thickness Gauges

08 September 2014 - IMS Systems Inc. has received an order from Worthington Steel for three XR X-ray Gauges to measure center line thickness of strip processed in the company’s Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, plant near Cleveland.

ArcelorMittal Mexico Ships 192,000 Metric Tons of Rebar for Panama Canal Expansion

08 September 2014 - ArcelorMittal Las Truchas in Mexico recently supplied more than 192,000 metric tons of rebar for the Panama Canal expansion project.

voestalpine to Supply Heavy Plate for Second South Stream Pipeline

08 September 2014 - This year sees the voestalpine Group securing its third major contract in the pipeline business.

Tenaris Confirms Full Purchase of Socotherm Brasil

08 September 2014 - Tenaris confirmed the purchase of the remaining 50% of the participation of Socotherm Brasil, which belonged to Socotherm Americas, a division of ShawCor.

Mitsui and ArcelorMittal Gonvarri Brasil JV Begins Commercial Operations

05 September 2014 - Mitsui & Co. Ltd. announced the commencement of commercial operations at its steel service center, MAG Aliança Automóveis do Brasil SSC S.A.(MAG), for processing and supplying steel products mainly to the automotive industry.

SMDI Signs on as Title Sponsor of Texas Truck Rodeo to Promote Use of Steel in Autos

05 September 2014 - The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has signed on as title sponsor of the 2014 Texas Truck Rodeo.

ArcelorMittal Announces 700 New Jobs in France

05 September 2014 - ArcelorMittal announced 700 new jobs will be created at its French sites in 2014.

MNM Acquires Kent Automation

05 September 2014 - MNM Manufacturing Inc., a division of MNM IND INC., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has acquired Kent Automation Inc. of Kent, Ohio, a machine design company.

Brighter Unilux LED-12 Leads Second Generation of Handheld Strobe Lights

05 September 2014 - Unilux has introduced the LED-12, the first handheld strobe light in its H2LED Series of second-generation LED inspection lights for the printing, converting, papermaking, metals and textiles industries.

Jindal Tubular USA Acquires Assets of PSL North America

04 September 2014 - Jindal Tubular USA LLC, a SPV subsidiary of Jindal SAW, one of the largest global manufacturers of large diameter steel pipe, announced the acquisition of the assets of PSL North America LLC (PSLNA) for US$104 million.

AISI Reports Import Market Share at 26% in August

04 September 2014 - Based on the U.S. Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of August total 3,554,000 tons*.

New Cooling Tower Begins Operating at OEMK’s Pellet Plant

04 September 2014 - A cooling tower for circulating water at the pellet plant has been launched at OEMK, part of Metalloinvest.

Mechel Reports Successful Lab Tests of Rails at Railway Research Institute

04 September 2014 - Mechel OAO reported that independent lab tests of rails produced at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant confirmed their high quality and compliance with the most exacting international standards.

Synalloy Completes Sale of Ram-Fab

04 September 2014 - Synalloy Corporation, a company that engages in a number of diverse business activities including the production of stainless steel pipe, fiberglass and steel storage tanks, and specialty chemicals, announced the sale of Ram-Fab LLC in Crossett, Ark., to a subsidiary of Primoris Services Corp.

AK Steel Receives Regulatory Clearance for Severstal Dearborn Acquisition; Provides 3Q14 Guidance

03 September 2014 - AK Steel provided guidance for its third quarter 2014 financial results.

Joint Venture for Wire Rod Processing To Be Established in Mexico

03 September 2014 - Shinsho Corp. and Kobe Steel Ltd. have agreed with Metal One Corp., Osaka Seiko Ltd., Mexico’s Grupo Simec, and O&k American Corp. in the U.S. to establish a joint venture in Mexico to produce steel wire of cold heading (CH) quality.

New Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Inaugurated in India

03 September 2014 - The continuous annealing and processing line at Jamshedpur Continuous Annealing and Processing Co. Private Ltd. (JCAPCPL), a 600,000-metric-ton-per-annum facility for manufacturing automotive grade continuous annealed products, was inaugurated on 1 September 2014 at Steelennium Hall inside Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Works.

ArcelorMittal Unveils Range of New AHSS for Safer, Lighter Cars

03 September 2014 - ArcelorMittal has unveiled a new range of steels for the automotive industry that offers significant weight savings while improving safety.

Sandvik Divests Distribution Business in Australia and New Zealand

03 September 2014 - Sandvik Materials Technology is divesting its distribution business in Australia and New Zealand to Vulcan Steel Ltd.

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