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Latin America Received 7% of China's Exports of Steel Manufactured Goods in First Half of 2013

07 August 2013 - Indirect trade (exports of manufactured goods with significant steel content) from China to Latin America reached US$ 20,870 million during the first six months of 2013, representing a 7% share of total Chinese exports, a figure in line with that registered during the first half of 2012.

Mechel Announces Quarterly Results

07 August 2013 - As it reported its quarterly earnings results, Mechel said sales of metallurgical coal were up while iron ore sales declined. It noted the launch of the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant in July will give a new impulse to the steel segment's development and have a positive impact on its results this year.

John Speer Named to John Henry Moore Chair at Colorado School of Mines

06 August 2013 - The Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) announced that Professor John Speer has been named as the John Henry Moore Distinguished Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

Baltimore Aircoil Co. Introduces The New Series 3000 Cooling Tower

06 August 2013 - Baltimore Aircoil Co. (BAC), a global leader in evaporative heat transfer technology, is pleased to introduce a new era of energy efficient cooling towers through its new and improved Series 3000 Cooling Tower.

Study: NanoSteel's Sheet Steels Have Potential to Achieve 30% Weight Reduction in Automotive Structures

06 August 2013 - The NanoSteel® Co. announced the results of an automotive light-weighting study conducted by EDAG, Inc. demonstrating the potential for the company’s advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) to enable a 30% reduction of weight in the BIW structure of a mass market sedan.

Siemens Modernizes Continuous Caster at ArcelorMittal Bremen

06 August 2013 - German steel producer ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize its continuous slab casting plant.

Alpha Natural Resources Increases Met Coal Shipments in Second Quarter

06 August 2013 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. said it continues to proactively address changing market conditions by optimizing its mine portfolio and idling additional uneconomic metallurgical and thermal coal capacity, and it anticipates additional actions may be required between now and the end of the year.

JSW Steel Reports Quarterly Earnings, Provides Outlook

06 August 2013 - JSW Steel Limited reported its results for the fiscal first quarter ended 30 June 2013 (1Q FY2014), noting that the global economic recovery remains sluggish.

A.M. Castle Reports Quarterly Results

06 August 2013 - As it reported its second quarter earnings results, A. M. Castle & Co. said its outlook for the second half of the year is comparable to what was seen in the first six months of the year.

Severstal North America Donates Computer Lab to Palmer Home for Children

06 August 2013 - On 6 August, Severstal North America and Palmer Home for Children, a ministry dedicated to children in  need who are growing up without the support of a natural family, held  a dedication ceremony for a new, fully-equipped, state-of-the-art computer lab. Made possible by a donation from Severstal, the lab will be used by children who are home-schooled on campus.

Republic Steel's Canton Facility Experiences Tranformer Failure

06 August 2013 - Republic Steel experienced a failure at the transformer that supplies power to the #7 furnace in its Canton, Ohio, melt shop on 2 August 2013. This failure is being investigated and will result in an outage of its #7 back-up furnace lasting between two and eight weeks.

Kenwal Adds Strip Width Measurement by ISRA VISION PARSYTEC

06 August 2013 - Kenwal is adding strip width measurement from ISRA VSION PARSYTEC to supplement its existing inspection system for the pickling line of its steel plant in Dearborn, Mich.

ArcelorMittal Restarts Steel Expansion Project in Brazil

05 August 2013 - ArcelorMittal announced that it is to restart an expansion project at its Monlevade and Juiz de Fora sites in Brazil, which will increase production capacity from 3.75 to 4.9 million tonnes a year.

EUROFER Expects European Steel Consumption to Fall 4.5% This Year

05 August 2013 - The base case scenario of a stabilization of the EU economy in the second half of 2013 and a gradual but slow recovery in 2014 is confirmed by EUROFER’s Q3-2013 Economic & Steel Market Outlook.

TMS International's Quarterly Results Impacted By Softness in Steel Production

05 August 2013 - TMS International Corp., the parent company of Tube City IMS Corp., a leading provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills globally, announced results for its second quarter ended 30 June 2013.

Metinvest Group Appoints New CFO

05 August 2013 - Metinvest Group announced that Aleksey Kutepov was appointed CFO. He replaces Sergiy Novikov, who will continue his career within the Metinvest Group.

Mechel Holds Successful Testing of Equipment for Coking Coal Equipment

05 August 2013 - Russia’s Mechel OAO announced it has successfully tested equipment that produces coking coal concentrate at the Elga coal deposit's seasonal washing plant in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Cliffs Natural Resources Reaches Tentative Agreement with USW at Quebec Mine

05 August 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers Union for a new three-year labor contract offer that will cover approximately 300 represented workers at Cliffs' Bloom Lake mine in Fermont, Quebec.

ArcelorMittal Reports Results for "Challenging" First Half of Year

02 August 2013 - As it reported its results for the first half of 2013, ArcelorMittal said the second half of the year should deliver a clear underlying improvement relative to the second half of 2012, which it believes marked the lowest point in the cycle.

Reuters: U.S. Steelmakers Seek Protection Against European Imports

02 August 2013 - A U.S. steel industry group has asked the government trade representative to intervene to help protect domestic producers from growing imports of steel products from Europe, according to a Reuters report.

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