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SteelBenchmarker: HRB Prices Plateau

28 May 2014 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ United States HRB spot price for 26 May 2014 increased 0.9% to US$763 per metric ton after staying flat last time.

Platts Global Metals Awards Laud 2014 Winners’ Innovative & Philanthropic Initiatives

28 May 2014 - Companies and individuals from four continents were honored Wednesday, 21 May 2014 at the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards for exemplary achievements in the steel, metals and mining industries.

U.S. Graphite Electrode Producers Hail Decision To Extend Duties Against China

28 May 2014 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to extend the current antidumping order against imports of small diameter graphite electrodes from China for another five years.

U.S. Will Not Sunset Duties on Light-Walled Pipe

28 May 2014 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that antidumping and countervailing duties on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from four countries will be continued for another five years.

Essar Steel Minnesota Raises Financing for Iron Ore Pellet Facility

28 May 2014 - Essar Steel Minnesota LLC (ESML) has successfully closed a US$450 million, 6-year secured notes offering which will be used to fund its integrated iron ore pellet facility.

Nucor Steel Indiana Commissions First EAF ZoloSCAN System

27 May 2014 - Nucor Steel Indiana, in Crawfordsville Ind., has successfully commissioned the first ZoloSCAN-EAF laser off-gas diagnostic system for electric arc furnace steelmaking.

World Crude Steel Production Up 1.7% in April 2014

27 May 2014 - World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million metric tons in April 2014, an increase of 1.7% compared to April 2013.

Alacero Expects Better Outlook for Latin America in the Medium-Term, If Fair Trade Conditions Are Ensured

27 May 2014 - On 13 May 2014 in Bogotá, Colombia, during the semiannual meeting of Alacero’s Board of Directors, presided by Martin Berardi, participants analyzed the current situation of the steel value chain and defined action lines to strengthen the promotion of the industrialization process and to ensure fair trade conditions in the region.

Konecranes Canada Announces New Technician Training Center in Burlington, Ontario

27 May 2014 - Konecranes, a leading global manufacturer of lifting technology, announced a new technician training center at its recently relocated headquarters in Burlington, Ont., Canada.

Gerdau Comments on Positive First Quarter Performance

26 May 2014 - Gerdau’s 15.1% increase in consolidated net income in the first quarter of 2014 was due primarily to the effect of the exchange rate from dollars into reals (BRL), intensification in iron ore sales and the larger volume of steel sold on the domestic Brazilian market and in Latin American countries.

April Service Center Shipments Up in U.S., Down in Canada

23 May 2014 - Growth continued in the United States for both steel and aluminum on a year-over-year basis, according to the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI). Canadian steel and aluminum shipments declined year over year in April 2014.

AISI Says New Report Shows Continued Harm From Unfair Imports

22 May 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said a new report ("Surging Steel Imports Put Up to Half a Million U.S. Jobs at Risk") released on 13 May reaffirms that the rising tide of foreign steel imports is harming the U.S. steel industry and diminishing the industry’s ability to fully recover from the recession.

USW: New Study Highlights Threats to U.S. Steel Sector

22 May 2014 - United Steelworkers (USW) international president Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement on the release of a study of the enormous challenges facing the U.S. steel sector from a flood of imports and rising excess global capacity in steel production.

worldsteel’s New AHSS Guidelines Support Use of the Latest, Lightest Steel Technologies

21 May 2014 - At the Great Designs in Steel automotive conference, WorldAutoSteel announced the launch of the Advanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines (AHSS Guidelines) Version 5.0, the largest and most comprehensive update since its first publication in 2004.

AK Tube Plant Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

21 May 2014 - The Walbridge, Ohio, plant of AK Tube LLC, a subsidiary of AK Steel, has been recognized for outstanding safety performance by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene.

Tenova, Danieli, and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Form Alliance for New Ironmaking Technologies

20 May 2014 - Tenova HYL and Danieli & C, have entered into an agreement with Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd. (NSENGI) to combine and commercialize their Energiron DR technology with an optimized blast furnace technology, as well as syngas technology (high efficiency coal gasification and steelworks by-product gas utilization technology) developed and owned by NSENGI.

U.S. Charges Chinese Hackers for Cyber Espionage Against U.S. Corporations, Labor Organization

20 May 2014 - A grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania (WDPA) indicted five Chinese military hackers for computer hacking, economic espionage and other offenses directed at six American victims in the U.S. nuclear power, metals and solar products industries, including U. S. Steel, Allegheny Technologies Inc., and the United Steelworkers union.

SMDI Honors GM for Innovative Use of AHSS at Great Designs in Steel Seminar

20 May 2014 - For its use of advanced high-strength steel (AHSS), the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), awarded General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 design team with the 2014 Automotive Excellence Award.

Steel Institute Hails Letter from Senators on OCTG Trade Case

20 May 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said that a letter sent on 16 May 2014 by 57 U.S. Senators expressing concern with the Department of Commerce’s preliminary determination in an ongoing trade case on certain steel pipe imports used in oil and gas exploration (OCTG) "sends a tremendous message to the Administration that the majority of the U.S. Senate will not tolerate anything but the strictest enforcement of our trade laws against unfair trade practices."

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Prices Level Off

19 May 2014 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ United States HRB spot price for 12 May 2014 stayed flat at US$756 per metric ton after increasing three consecutive times.

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