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Outotec Selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

12 September 2013 - Outotec has been selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index for 2013–2014. The DJSI follows a best-in-class approach, including companies across all industries that outperform their peers in numerous sustainability metrics.

Outokumpu Appoints New Head of Investor Relations

12 September 2013 - Johanna Henttonen has been appointed as head of investor relations at Outokumpu as of 10 September 2013. She will report to the CFO of Outokumpu and will be based in Outokumpu head office in Espoo, Finland.

JFE Steel's Earthquake-Resistant Linepipe Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award

11 September 2013 - JFE Steel Corporation announced that its earthquake-resistant linepipe HIPER® won the 2013 R&D 100 Award for Mechanical Systems, presented by the U.S. science and technology publication R&D Magazine.

Praxair India Signs Two Contracts with JSW Steel

11 September 2013 - Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., announced it has signed two long-term contracts with JSW Steel, to operate small on-site nitrogen plants in support of the company’s expansion efforts in the cities of Kalameshwar and Tarapur, located in the state of Maharashtra. The nitrogen will be used in the manufacturing processes for both cold rolled and galvanized steel at these locations.

Ellwood Group Announces 7th Annual Metallurgy Scholarship

11 September 2013 - The Ellwood Group, Inc. is pleased to announce its 7th Annual Metallurgy Scholarship, which is awarded to talented and dedicated metallurgical students to encourage their pursuit of a career within the steel and heavy metal industry.

Structures USA to Establish Tubular Manufacturing Facility in Kentucky

11 September 2013 - Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced Structures USA LLC, a newly-formed manufacturing arm for VSI Sales LLC, plans to establish a tubular manufacturing operation in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Amsteel Mills Brings Modernized Wire Rod Mill from SMS Meer On Stream

11 September 2013 - SMS Meer has successfully upgraded the core components of a wire rod mill at Amsteel Mills in Banting, Malaysia. The modernization will enable the company to boost its productivity and to roll surface-quenched and tempered rebars at a speed of up to 105 meters per second.

ArcelorMittal's Brazil Operations Supply 5,000 Tonnes of Steel for South America's Largest Building

11 September 2013 - ArcelorMittal steel is being used to build South America’s tallest skyscraper, the 237m Infinity Coast Tower. The tower is under construction in Balneário Camboriú, a beach resort in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.

Full Sunset Reviews to Be Conducted on U.S. Duties on Silicon Metal from Russia

11 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to conduct a full five- year ("sunset") review concerning the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Russia.

CMI Industry Replaces Two Sinter Hoods for ArcelorMittal Asturias

10 September 2013 - CMI Industry is currently performing the replacement of the two sinter hoods at the ArcelorMittal Asturias steelmaking site in Gijon, Spain.

EUROFER: Decision on EU ETS Increases Unilateral Cost Burden for EU Industry

10 September 2013 - EUROFER has strong concerns about the European Commission’s decision on Member States' national implementation measures (NIMs) for the third EU ETS trading period.

NLMK Group's Metalware Production Renamed NLMK Metiz

10 September 2013 - UZPS, the Urals Precision Alloys Plant, part of NLMK Group’s Long Products Division specializing in the production of metalware, was rebranded and changed its name to NLMK Metiz (metalware).

U.S. Agency to Expedite Sunset Reviews of Duties on Chinese Pipe

10 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to expedite its five-year (sunset) reviews concerning the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China.

New Ruukki Ramor 550 Steel Enables Increasingly Lighter Structures

10 September 2013 - Ruukki is expanding its range of Ramor protection steels with a new Ramor 550 grade designed for ballistic protection.

Marubeni-Itochu Acquires U.S. OCTG Distributor Sooner Inc.

09 September 2013 - Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. has reached an agreement with Oil States International Inc., that Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars America Inc., a subsidiary of MISI, will acquire 100% of Sooner Inc., a subsidiary of OIS, for approx. US$600 million.

EVRAZ North America and USW Extend Agreement at Pueblo

09 September 2013 - The United Steelworkers (USW) Locals 2102 and 3267, their respective executive boards and EVRAZ North America have approved a three-year extension of the existing collective bargaining agreement for the Pueblo, Colo., facility.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Wins Global Orders for Metal Treatment Vacuum Systems

09 September 2013 - Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum recently won several orders globally for vacuum systems out of the metal treatment field, optimized for customer specific needs. Advantage of these vacuum solutions is the high flexibility due to the use of standard vacuum pumps in a versatile skid.

U.S. Agency to Conduct Sunset Reviews of Duties on Wire Rod

09 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to conduct full five- year (sunset) reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil and the antidumping duty orders on wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine.

Timken Announces Planned Departure of Executive Vice President; Additional Leaders Named

09 September 2013 - The Timken Company announced that Glenn A. Eisenberg, executive vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, plans to leave the company next year when it separates the steel business from its bearings and power transmission (B&PT) business via a spinoff. 

SunCoke Energy Extends Cokemaking Agreement with ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor

09 September 2013 - SunCoke Energy, Inc. and ArcelorMittal have agreed to a 10-year extension of their existing contract, under which SunCoke provides 1.22 million tons of metallurgical coke annually to ArcelorMittal from its Indiana Harbor cokemaking operation located in East Chicago, Ind.

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