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Ruukki Completes Employee Negotiations, Avoids Plant Closure

26 November 2013 - The employer-employee negotiations initiated in October by Ruukki Building Systems at its Peräseinäjoki plant in Finland have now been completed.

Outokumpu Sells Electricity Distribution Network at Tornio Site

26 November 2013 - Outokumpu is selling the electricity distribution network at its Tornio site in Finland to InfraVia European Fund II.

Carbonyx to Build New Facility in West Virginia

25 November 2013 - Carbonyx plans to build a new facility in West Virginia which will use state-of-the-art technology to produce Cokonyx, a coke substitute.

Salzgitter Flachstahl Wins Energy Efficiency Prize

25 November 2013 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG) has been awarded first prize under the Energy Efficiency Award 2013 by the Deutsche Energie Agentur GmbH (dena).

NLMK Group Optimizes Energy Sector Management

25 November 2013 - NLMK Group continues to optimize its energy sector management, appointing a new group vice president for energy.

AK Steel Announces Stainless Steel Price Increase

25 November 2013 - AK Steel will increase base prices for some of its specialty stainless steel products, effective with shipments on 1 January 2014.

Report: Plans for SunCoke Plant Advancing

25 November 2013 - SunCoke Energy officials shed new light this week on the company’s proposal to build a new coke plant in South Shore, Ky., The Independent reports.

Linde Canada Introduces Line of Stainless Steel Welding Wire

25 November 2013 - Linde Canada Ltd. has introduced Linde-branded stainless steel welding wire for the Canadian metal fabrication market.

EVRAZ North America Names New Executive Vice President for Long Products Business

22 November 2013 - EVRAZ North America announced Jerry Reed as the company’s new executive vice president – long products, the position formerly held by president and chief executive officer Conrad Winkler.

Surface Combustion's CEO Receives ASM's Distinguished Life Membership Award

22 November 2013 - Surface® Combustion, Inc., is pleased to announce that its president and CEO, William J. Bernard, Jr., FASM, was presented with ASM International’s prestigious 2013 Distinguished Life Membership Award.

worldsteel Announces the steeluniversity Challenge Regional Champions

22 November 2013 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced the regional champions for the 8th steeluniversity Challenge.

ArcelorMittal Zenica's New Blast Furnace Filter System Begins Operations

22 November 2013 - ArcelorMittal has reached an important milestone in its ongoing environmental program with the official start of operations of a major new filter system for its blast furnace.

U.S. Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Producers Applaud Trade Case Ruling

21 November 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made a unanimous (6-0) preliminary determination that foreign producers of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) are causing injury to the two U.S. producers of GOES and their workers.

Tenaris Inaugurates State-of-the-Art OCTG Premium Line in Romania

21 November 2013 - Part of a US$62 mililon investment, Tenaris inaugurated on 20 November a new premium OCTG finishing line in Romania for specialized products used by the oil and gas industry.

Horizon Steel to Locate Facility in Bowling Green, Ky.

21 November 2013 - Horizon Steel Co., a steel service center, announced its intent to expand operations and locate a 90,000 square foot facility in Bowling Green, Ky.

U.S. Steel Institute Supports Bill to Continue State Oversight on Shale Gas

21 November 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) applauded House passage of a bill allowing states to continue to make their own decisions about the regulation of shale oil and gas production.

Cliffs Natural Resources to Halt Development of Chromite Project Indefinitely

21 November 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced that its affiliate, Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc., will suspend indefinitely its Chromite Project in Northern Ontario by the end of the fourth quarter of 2013.

Outokumpu Exec's Long-Term Study on Cancer at Steel Mills Published in Medical Journal

21 November 2013 - The British Medical Journal has published an article by Outokumpu’s chief medical officer Markku Huvinen.

AK Steel Named "Corporation of the Year" in Cincinnati

21 November 2013 - AK Steel has received the "Corporation of the Year" award from the Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program (GCMCP).

Carpenter Technology CEO Addresses AIST and AWMI Pittsburgh Chapters at Joint Meeting

20 November 2013 - The Pittsburgh Chapters of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) and the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) held their annual joint dinner meeting on 18 November 2013 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh.

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