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Alpha Natural Resources Announces Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014

16 February 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal supplier, reported a fourth quarter 2014 net loss of $122 million or $0.55 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $359 million or $1.62 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2013. Excluding the items described in "Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted Net Loss," the fourth quarter 2014 adjusted net loss was $112 million or $0.50 per diluted share compared with adjusted net loss of $115 million or $0.52 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2013.

HEATMAXX, the Industry’s First Fusion Technology, High Temperature, Thermal Printed Labels & Tags

13 February 2015 - Q Star Performance Materials has unveiled HEATMAXX, the industry’s first thermal printed labels and tags, utilizing fusion technology.

New Infographic Shows How Dust Collection Cyclones Work in Small Spaces

13 February 2015 - Compact Size Fits More Applications than Typical Cyclone

Unilux Completes 2nd Generation of Handheld Strobe Lights for Metals Industries

13 February 2015 - Unilux has introduced the LED1 and LED3, the next two members of its H2LED Series of handheld strobe lights for surface inspection, maintenance and troubleshooting for steel and aluminum mills and coil coating and service center operations.

Piedmont Triad-Based New Page Capital Announces Acquisition of Engineered Steel Products

12 February 2015 - New Page Capital, a Greensboro, N.C.-based private equity firm focused on investing in privately held companies in the Piedmont Triad region, announces it has acquired Engineered Steel Products, a Sophia, N.C.-headquartered structural steel manufacturing company. During the sale process, Bundy Group served as exclusive advisor to Engineered Steel Products and its shareholders, and The Forrest Firm served as legal counsel.

Primetals Technologies Receives FAC for Heat Treatment Plant at Borusan Mannesmann in Texas

12 February 2015 - Primetals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate from Borusan Mannesmann Pipe U.S. for a heat treatment plant installed in the company ́s new ERW (Electric Resistance Welded) pipe mill in Baytown, Texas, USA. The equipment is used to quench and temper oil country tubular grades (OCTG), enabling Borusan Mannesmann to produce a wide range of high quality products for the highly competitive OCTG market. The Baytown facility is a subsidiary of the Turkish steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann Bo ru and is the first Turkish owned plant in the United States.

Demag StatusControl Provides Crane Analysis in Real Time

10 February 2015 - Terex Material Handling has launched a new diagnostics system for crane installations with Demag StatusControl, providing a full overview of the status of your crane installations at all times.

Synalloy Reports Substantial Gains in Profits From Continuing Operations for Both the Fourth Quarter and Year of 2014

09 February 2015 - Synalloy Corp. (Nasdaq:SYNL), a growth oriented company that engages in a number of diverse business activities including the production of stainless steel pipe, fiberglass and steel storage tanks, and specialty chemicals along with the distribution of seamless carbon pipe, announces that the fourth quarter of 2014 produced net sales from continuing operations of $48,569,000, an increase of $2,167,000 or 5% when compared to net sales from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2013 of $46,402,000.

IMS Revamping Former RG Slab Caster for U. S. Steel

09 February 2015 - Integrated Mill Systems (IMS) was awarded a contract by U. S. Steel to revamp the electrics and automation for a slab caster that is being relocated from the former RG Steel Sparrows Point mill in Maryland to the U.S. Steel Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill.

TMW Modifies Expansion Plans to Adapt to New Opportunities

09 February 2015 - The Material Works, Ltd. (TMW) announced today that the unprecedented acceptance and growth of Eco Pickled Surface (EPS) technology has forced reconsideration of its plans to open a flat rolled toll processing center adjacent to the Big River Steel mill being currently under construction. TMW will instead expand the capacity of its present Red Bud, Illinois facility to include a new EPS processing and technology center and associated equipment to process the new generation of higher strength steels.

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.

Dan DiMicco’s Book "American Made" Due Out on 3 March 2015

05 February 2015 - Dan DiMicco's book, American Made, hits the digital bookshelves early next month.

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.

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.

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