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President Obama Announces Two New Public-Private Manufacturing Innovation Institutes

27 February 2014 - President Obama announced new steps to partner with the private sector to boost advanced manufacturing, including lightweighting and modern metals manufacturing.

U. S. Steel Announces Layoffs at Lorain Tubular Operations

26 February 2014 - U.S. Steel is expected to conduct layoffs at its Lorain Tubular Operations, the company confirmed to Newsnet5.com.

SpiderLine Provides Complete Fall Protection to ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor

26 February 2014 - Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC, recently sold 900 feet of SpiderLine™ temporary horizontal lifeline system to provide complete fall protection for leading edge work at the ArcelorMittal steel mill in Burns Harbor, Ind.

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Price Chill Continues

26 February 2014 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ World export HRB price for 24 February 2014 was down 0.4% to US$560 per metric ton for the second consecutive time.

U. S. Steel Finalizes 2013 Earnings To Reflect Additional Tax Benefits

26 February 2014 - United States Steel Corporation announced that it has finalized its fourth quarter and full-year 2013 earnings, preliminarily reported on 28 January 2014, to reflect additional after-tax benefits of US$392 million.

Gerdau Reports Growth in All Its Business Operations in 2013

25 February 2014 - In 2013, with shipments of 18.5 million metric tons, Gerdau’s consolidated net sales came to R$ 39.9 billion, increasing 5.0% in relation to 2012, with growth in all business operations.

Apparent Steel Use in Latin America in 2013 In Line with 2012

25 February 2014 - In 2013, apparent steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 66.5 million tons, in line with 2012, according to Alacero, the Latin American steel association.

Terex Material Handling to Supply AZZ Galvanizing Services with 12 Overhead Cranes

25 February 2014 - Terex Material Handling announced an order for twelve 20-ton, double-girder Demag overhead cranes and eight Demag DH monorail rope hoists from AZZ incorporated.

Steel Institute Comments on Retirement of Rep. Dingell

25 February 2014 - Thomas J. Gibson, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) provided the following statement regarding the retirement of Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) announced on 24 February 2014.

USW Members Ratify Labor Agreement for AK Steel’s Mansfield Works

24 February 2014 - AK Steel said that members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 169 have ratified a three-year labor agreement covering about 280 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company’s Mansfield (Ohio) Works.

Harsco Focused on Improving Returns in Metals & Minerals Segment

24 February 2014 - Harsco Corp. reported fourth quarter 2013 results and offered an outlook for the remainder of 2014.

BlueScope Reports Improvement in First Half of Fiscal Year

24 February 2014 - BlueScope Steel reported a A$3.7 million net profit after tax for the first half of FY2014 — a A$27.5 million improvement in financial performance from the corresponding period last year.

worldsteel Announces 8th steelChallenge World Champions

21 February 2014 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced the new World Champions of the 8th steelChallenge.

Reliance Steel Gives 2014 Outlook, Reports 2013 Results

21 February 2014 - Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2013.

Russel Metals’ Energy Products Segment to be Area of Focus in 2014

21 February 2014 - As it reported its fourth quarter and full year 2013 results, Russel Metals commented on both its energy products segment and its steel distributors segment.

Timken to Increase SBQ Prices

21 February 2014 - The Timken Company announced it will increase base prices on special bar quality (SBQ) products 6.5-inches and below by US$30 per ton.

The Bradbury Group Announces Addition of Bradbury Group Italy s.r.l.

20 February 2014 - The Bradbury Co., Inc. announced the addition of Bradbury Group Italy S.r.l., an acquisition consistent with the growth strategy of the Group that expands its product offering to include continuous PUR/PIR insulated sandwich panel equipment.

Global Steel Output in January 2014 Down 0.4% Year-on-Year

20 February 2014 - World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 130 million metric tons in January 2014, a decrease of -0.4% compared to January 2013.

USW: DOC's Preliminary Findings Leave Workers Exposed to Korean OCTG Imports

20 February 2014 - United Steelworkers (USW) international president Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) negative preliminary antidumping determination regarding oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Korea:

Northwest Pipe Company Announces New VP of Purchasing

20 February 2014 - Northwest Pipe Co., a leading manufacturer of welded steel pipe for the water transmission and energy infrastructure markets, announced the hiring of Greg Goad as vice president of purchasing.

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