Steel News

Samuel, Son & Co. Expand Operations in Midwest

07 January 2014 - Samuel Midwest is pleased to announce the opening of a new 65,000 sq. ft. facility in Chicago, Ill., offering customers a broader selection of products and services.

Kobe Steel President Gives 2014 New Year's Message

07 January 2014 - On 6 January 2014, the first working day of the new year, Kobe Steel president and CEO Hiroya Kawasaki gave a New Year's message to company employees.

Kennametal Leader Receives Women in Manufacturing STEP Award

07 January 2014 - Kennametal Inc. announced that quality assurance manager Helen Patricia received honors in the 2nd Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Awards presented by The Manufacturing Institute.

Nominations Now Being Accepted for the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards

07 January 2014 - Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards, which recognize corporate and individual excellence in more than a dozen performance categories spanning the metals and mining arena.

Mac Process and Schenck AccuRate Officially Merge

06 January 2014 - Mac Process and Schenck AccuRate announced the official merging of the two businesses

Krakatau Posco Begins Operation of Plate Rolling Mill in Indonesia

06 January 2014 - Krakatau Posco's integrated blast furnace steel mill, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, began operations on 23 December 2013 in Cilegon City in the northwestern region of Indonesia’s island of Java.

Justice Department Requires Heraeus Electro-Nite to Divest Certain Assets

06 January 2014 - The Department of Justice announced that it will require Heraeus Electro-Nite LLC to divest certain assets that it acquired from Midwest Instrument Co. Inc. (Minco) to Keystone Sensors LLC in order to resolve the department’s competitive concerns.

Cintas and ASSE Seek Nominations for Safety Innovation Award

06 January 2014 - In collaboration with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Cintas Corp., a leading provider of on-site safety services and training solutions, announced a call for nominations for the inaugural Innovation Award in Occupational Safety Management.

Ellwood Group Announces Metallurgy Scholarship Winners

06 January 2014 - Ellwood Group, Inc. (EGI) announced that Jared Ottmann is the winner of the seventh annual Ellwood Group, Inc. Metallurgy Scholarship. The 2013–2014 scholarship is worth US$15,000

Mechel Closes Deal to Sell Several Ferroalloy Assets

06 January 2014 - Mechel OAO, a Russian mining and metals company, announced the closing of a deal disposing of 100% of the shares in Voskhod Mining Plant (Khromtau, Kazakhstan) and the Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant (Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia) to Turkey's YILDIRIM Group for a total of US$425 million.

Fives Delivers Annealing and Pickling Line to Chinese Steelmaker

03 January 2014 - Fives has just signed off on an annealing and pickling line for hot-rolled stainless steel strips (HAPL) for the steelmaker SWSS (South West Stainless Steel).

Taylor-Winfield Technologies Unveils New Welding Technology

03 January 2014 - Taylor-Winfield Technologies’ assistant chief engineer, Mike Prokop, recently addressed The American Welding Society with information on a new process to flash weld advanced high-strength steels (AHSS).

Garlock Announces Appointment of Director of Rotary Seals

03 January 2014 - The Garlock family of companies is excited to announce the appointment of Barb Ross as the director of rotary seals.

Metinvest Appoints New CEO

03 January 2014 - Yuriy Ryzhenkov was appointed CEO of Metinvest Group. He was previously the chief operating officer at DTEK.

Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Imports of Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe

03 January 2014 - The U.S. Commerce Department determined that welded stainless pressure pipe from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam has been sold in the United States at dumped margins.

ArcelorMittal to Reopen Long Product Finishing Facility in Harriman, Tenn.

02 January 2014 - ArcelorMittal announced its decision to reopen ArcelorMittal Harriman, a long product finishing facility located in Harriman, Tenn., USA, around 40 miles west of Knoxville.

Northwest Pipe Acquires Permalok Corp.

02 January 2014 - Northwest Pipe Co. has acquired Permalok Corp., a fabricator of steel piping utilizing the Permalok patented interlocking pipe joining system.

Winners Named in Third Annual International Student Competition on Cold-Formed Steel Design

02 January 2014 - Co-sponsors of an international student competition on cold-formed steel design announced three winners from Virginia Tech University and the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Mechel Appoints New CEO

02 January 2014 - Mechel OAO, a leading Russian mining and metals company, announced the appointment of the company's senior vice-president for economics and management Oleg Korzhov as Mechel OAO's chief executive officer.

EVRAZ Expanding Supply of Railroad Products to Europe

02 January 2014 - VUZ, a European certificating authority for rail transport, has issued EVRAZ a compliance certificate (TSI) for all rolled railway wheels with a diameter of 920 mm of design type BA 318.