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Grupo Simec Comments on U.S. Imposition of Rebar Import Duties
09 February 2015 - Grupo Simec S.A.B. de CV is providing comments on the effects of what it called a “surprising” decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose an antidumping duty of 66.7% on rebar shipments from the company.
TimkenSteel Board of Directors Elects Two Additional Independent Directors
09 February 2015 - The board of directors of TimkenSteel elected two new independent directors: Randall Edwards, president and chief operating officer of Premier Pipe LLC, and Ronald Rice, president and chief operating officer of RPM International Inc. Nine directors now serve on the TimkenSteel board.
USW Members Ratify Labor Agreement for AK Steel's Mountain State Carbon Plant
06 February 2015 - AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that members of the United Steelworkers (USW) international union have ratified a new 4-year labor agreement covering about 215 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company's Mountain State Carbon cokemaking plant in Follansbee, West Virginia.
Columbia Machine Works Resolves Dispute with Contractors & Industrial Supply Company
06 February 2015 - Columbia Machine Works Inc. (CMW) and Contractors & Industrial Supply Company Inc. (CIS) have agreed to resolve a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee styled Contractors & Industrial Supply Company Inc. v. Columbia Machine Works Inc., Case No. 1:14-cv-00060.
ArcelorMittal Liberia Donates Second Batch of Medicines
06 February 2015 - ArcelorMittal Liberia recently donated medical supplies to the Grand Bassa County Government Hospital.
EVRAZ to Supply Rails to Brazil
06 February 2015 - EVRAZ signed two contracts to supply rails to Brazil. For the first time, the company will ship to Latin America rails produced at its West-Siberian Steel Plant (EVRAZ ZSMK).
Outotec Ranked World's 12th Most Sustainable Company on Global index
06 February 2015 - Outotec was ranked 12th on the 2015 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (Global 100) Index. This was the third consecutive year Outotec was included in the index (ranking 3rd in 2014).
NLMK Group Funding for Social Programmes Up 14% in 2014
05 February 2015 - NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK), the largest steelmaker in Russia and one of the most efficient in the world, increased funding for social programmes in 2014 by 14% to 2.9 billion rubles.
Germany's Stahlwerk Thüringen Hopes to Expand Range of Heavy Sections
05 February 2015 - The company is planning to expand its range of beams to produce wider dimensions that can bear heavier loads.
Gerdau Employees Donate More Than 44,000 Pounds of Food to Local Charities
05 February 2015 - Employees of Gerdau’s North American special and long steel business divisions collected more than 44,000 pounds of non-perishable food items for charities in the communities in which they operate during the 2014 holiday season.
SSAB’s New Hardox Tube 500 Range Enables Extreme Wear Resistance for Lighter Products
05 February 2015 - The new Hardox Tube 500 range has been launched by SSAB. The new range provides the same hardness and toughness as Hardox wear plate, but in circular form.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Signs Pipe Manufacturing Contract With Dura-Bond Industries
04 February 2015 - Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC, which has proposed a 550-mile natural gas pipeline to bring much-needed energy to Virginia and North Carolina, today announced an agreement totaling more than $400 million with Dura-Bond Industries to produce steel pipe for the project.
Ajax TOCCO to Supply Channel Induction Zinc Holding Furnace to Mining Company
04 February 2015 - Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Corporation received an order from a large mining company in Mexico for one (1) stationary channel induction furnace for holding and maintaining at temperature a bath of molten Zinc.
ArcelorMittal Awarded for Innovative Concrete Dowel Technology
04 February 2015 - ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products was recognized for the development of “CoSFB-Betondübel”, an innovative concrete dowel technology, by the German steel construction industry.
Severstal Certified for Rebar Shipments to Scandinavia
04 February 2015 - Russia's Severstal received the SFS1268 certificate permitting the company to make shipments of rebar to Finland and other Baltic countries, where there is high demand for these steel products.
National Science Foundation Honors South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Professor with CAREER Award
04 February 2015 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Assistant Professor Venkataramana Gadhamshetty, Ph.D., P.E., with the prestigious CAREER award that carries a US$500,000 research grant.
NLMK Kaluga Continues to Expand Mix of Products for Construction
03 February 2015 - In 2014 the next-generation EAF mill NLMK Kaluga, part of NLMK Group’s Long Products Division, significantly expanded its product mix.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2014 Results
03 February 2015 - -- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) today reported fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ended Dec. 31, 2014
Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel Selected to Build SDI’s New HCL Pickling Line
03 February 2015 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has awarded Nelson Steel’s Technology Group and Butech Bliss contracts to provide equipment to upgrade the existing hot band finishing line at its Butler, Ind., facility.
MMK Reports Q4 and Full Year 2014 Results
03 February 2015 - Russia’s MMK provided operational highlights for the fourth quarter and full year 2014.
