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ArcelorMittal Usibor®-AS Patent Case to be Reviewed in District Court

22 April 2013 - In defense of its patent rights, ArcelorMittal filed complaints before the District Court of Delaware on 16 April 2013 to demonstrate that AK Steel, Severstal North America (SNA) and SNA’s coating partner, Wheeling-Nisshin, have infringed upon its Usibor® aluminum silicon coated products patent.

Alliance Holdings Acquires Walker Magnetics Group

22 April 2013 - Alliance Holdings, Inc., a 100% employee-owned holding company, has acquired Walker Magnetics Group, Inc., a U.S.-based global leader in magnetic solutions.

Rigid Lifelines Launches Rooftop Fall Protection Solutions

22 April 2013 - Rigid Lifelines™, a leader in engineered fall protection systems, is now offering a versatile line of temporary and permanent rooftop fall protection solutions.

AK Steel Applauds U.S. DOE Transformer Efficiency Ruling

22 April 2013 - AK Steel applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) final ruling on efficiency standards for electrical distribution transformers, which it says ensures that transformers in America will remain among the most energy-efficient in the world, and that high-tech electrical steels will continue to be a competitive material in the marketplace.

Feralloy Decatur Hosts Open House Showcasing New Butech Bliss Stretch Leveler Technology

19 April 2013 - Feralloy’s Decatur, Ala., plant recently hosted an open house featuring its newest leveling technology, the Butech Bliss Stretch Leveler with 1,850 tons of stretching force.

Timken Awards Scholarships Worth Nearly $800,000 to Students at 24 Locations Worldwide

19 April 2013 - The Timken Company has awarded scholarships to 38 children of Timken employees at 24 locations in six countries around the world.

Severstal North America Named Dearborn Business of the Year

19 April 2013 - Severstal North America has been named “Business of the Year” by the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce.

Optima Specialty Steel Names Chief Administrative Officer

18 April 2013 - Optima Specialty Steel announced that it has appointed David A. Pryzbylski as chief administrative officer, effective 15 April 2013.

Essar Steel Algoma to Receive Liquidity Support from Parent Companies

18 April 2013 - Essar Steel Algoma Inc. announced that its parent companies will, in the aggregate, provide US$50 million of credit support to reinforce the company's liquidity position.

SGL Group Makes Significant Investment in Performance Products Facility in Arkansas

17 April 2013 - SGL Group – The Carbon Company – has made a US$26 million investment in its Ozark, Ark., facility for the construction of new state-of-the-art graphitization for the manufacture of graphite electrodes, which are used for the production of steel in EAFs.

Mike Engestrom Receives AISC Lifetime Achievement Award

17 April 2013 - The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) congratulates Michael F. Engestrom, technical marketing director, Nucor-Yamato Steel, who is being presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction.

Woodings Delivers Service and Speed to Help Customer Get Back On-Line

17 April 2013 - Woodings recently helped a Michigan steelmaker with emergency repair work to recondition 8 valves and get the equipment back on line in less than 10 days.

Quad Infotech to Supply MES System to Nucor Steel Utah

17 April 2013 - Quad Infotech has been awarded an order by Nucor Steel to provide a comprehensive manufacturing execution system (MES) for its two rolling mills in Utah.

Bloomberg: Automakers Spur $3 Billion Boom for Made-in-Mexico Steel

17 April 2013 - Mexico’s auto production has almost doubled since 2009. Now its steel industry is trying to catch up by spending almost US$3 billion on new and improved factories, Bloomberg reports.

February U.S. Steel Shipments Drop 9.4% M-o-M and 11.5% Y-o-Y

17 April 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of February 2013, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,436,388 tons, a 9.4% decrease from the 8,210,726 tons shipped in the previous month and a 11.5% decrease from the 8,407,343 tons shipped in February 2012. 

ArcelorMittal to Upgrade Portion of Cleveland Plant as More High-Strength Steel is Planned

16 April 2013 - This summer, ArcelorMittal plans to upgrade the shears, the rollers and other parts of the finishing line in its Cleveland plant so it will be able to deliver the new steel types to customers, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

MSCI: North American Service Center Shipment Decline Accelerates

16 April 2013 - Metal shipments in March 2013 decreased at rates that were greater than the declines registered in January and February, the Metals Service Center Institute reported.

Hamilton Spectator: U. S. Steel Nanticoke Steelworkers Reach Impasse in Negotations

16 April 2013 - Efforts to reach a new contract settlement for 1,000 workers at U. S. Steel’s Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke, Ontario, have reached an impasse, the Hamilton Spectator reports.

Allegheny Technologies Comments on Challenging First Quarter 2013

16 April 2013 - Allegheny Technologies Inc. said its first quarter 2013 operating performance was impacted by record-low base-selling prices for cold-rolled standard sheet, primarily due to low-priced imports, weak demand and low prices for grain-oriented electrical steel, and weak demand for our zirconium and related alloys.

Universal Stainless CEO Provides Update on North Jackson, Ohio, Investment

15 April 2013 - Dennis Oates, chairman, president and CEO of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, provided an update of the company’s North Jackson, Ohio, investment at the 8 April 2013 dinner meeting of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology.

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