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Keystone Steel & Wire Recognized for Company-Wide Recycling Program

27 August 2012 - Keystone Steel & Wire was recently chosen to receive the 2012 Steel Manufacturers Association Achievement in Environmental Stewardship and Recycling Award.

Marmon/Keystone Expands Alloy Inventory

24 August 2012 - Marmon/Keystone recently broadened their product offerings by adding a wider variety of 4140 alloy tubing to their inventory.

Canada Agency Says Removing Import Duties on Chinese Plate Would Lead to More Dumping

24 August 2012 - The Canada Border Services Agency determined that allowing antidumping duties on hot rolled steel plate from China would likely result in the continuation or resumption of dumping.

China Escalates U.S. Trade Row, Asks WTO to Judge Dispute

24 August 2012 - In a move that escalates a trade row with the United States, China said it would ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to adjudicate a dispute over U.S. punitive import duties on 22 Chinese exports, including solar panels and steel products.

voestalpine Takes the Next Step in Its Expansion Strategy in the U.S.

23 August 2012 - In the next several years, voestalpine will be investing more than €100 million in new plants in China, the U.S., South Africa, Romania, and Germany as part of a comprehensive globalization strategy in the automotive sector. Now the first concrete step is being taken overseas. A production facility is being erected in the U.S., with a construction budget of €50 million.

Essar Steel Minnesota Announces Project Accomplishments

23 August 2012 - Essar Steel Minnesota announced major achievements for its iron ore mining and taconite pellet plant: during a tour of the site with IRRRB members, company spokespeople announced that they’ve secured over a billion dollars in project financing, the amount needed for their initial production of 4.1 million tons per year of taconite pellets.

JMC Steel Group Hires New Chief Financial Officer

23 August 2012 - JMC Steel Group announced that Michael J. Graham will join the company in mid-September as its chief financial officer.

MRC Global Announces Executive Management Changes

22 August 2012 - MRC Global Inc., the largest global distributor, based on sales, of pipe, valves and fittings and related products and services to the energy and industrial sectors, announced it is combining its Business Development and Supply Chain management into one group and promoting Alan Colonna to lead the combined group as Executive Vice President.

Preliminary July Data Show Large U.S. Import Increases Continuing

21 August 2012 - Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,582,000 tons of steel in July, including 2,028,000 tons of finished steel (down 8% each, respectively, from June final data).

U.S. Commission Votes Not to Sunset Import Duties on German Pipe

21 August 2012 - In the final results of a five-year sunset review, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Germany would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

Plymouth Tube Names General Manager at Maryland Plant

21 August 2012 - Plymouth Tube Company announced David Crouch as the new General Manager at its Salisbury, Md., seamless stainless steel tubing plant.

Gerdau Steel Plant Gets $4 Million Upgrade to Boost Energy Efficiency

21 August 2012 - Gerdau Special Steel North America recently gave its Napoleon Township, Mich., plant a $4 million upgrade to further boost its energy efficiency and environmental standards.

Steel Dynamics Appoints James Trethewey and Traci Dolan to Board of Directors

21 August 2012 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced that on 16 August 2012, its board of directors, upon the recommendation of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, appointed James A. Trethewey and Traci Dolan to the company's board of directors.

JMC’s Electrical Group Gets New Leader

20 August 2012 - JMC Steel Group announced that Jim Hays, vice president of marketing and business development, will take on the added responsibility of managing its electrical portfolio of products manufactured under the Wheatland Tube and Picoma brands.

U.S. Steel Shipments Drop 5% in June

20 August 2012 - The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that for the month of June 2012, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,016,834 tons, a 5.0% decrease from the 8,436,831 tons shipped in the previous month and a 4.9% increase from the 7,639,108 tons shipped in June 2011.

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