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LINDARC Laser-Based Off-Gas System Delivers Results at GerdauAmeristeel EAF

22 March 2011 - MORE srl, Italy, recently installed its innovative LINDARC real-time laser EAF off-gas analysis system at GerdauAmeristeel’s Jacksonville meltshop.

SMDI Announces Winners of Steel Wheels Design Competition

18 March 2011 - Michelin, Lawrence Technological University, and the Steel Market Development Institute’s Wheels Task Force announced this week the scholarship winners of the steel wheel design competition.

United Steelworkers Form Canada-U.S. Unity Council at Evraz Operations

18 March 2011 - USW local unions representing workers at Evraz NA operations in the U.S. and Canada have formed a "Unity Council" to deal with the company on a common front.

January Steel Shipments up 5.9% from December

18 March 2011 - U.S. steel mills shipped 7,528,655 net tons for the month of January 2011, a 5.9% increase from the 7,111,031 net tons shipped in the previous month according to the latest report from AISI.

U.S., Canadian Metals Shipments Growth Rate Declined in February

17 March 2011 - Inventory-to-sales ratios for steel and aluminum products rose in February at North American metals service centers, although shipments of those products rose at lower growth rates than in January, according to MSCI’s latest Metals Activity Report.

Nucor Announces Guidance for First Quarter Earnings

17 March 2011 - Nucor says it expects to report earnings in the range of $0.30 to $0.35 per diluted share for its first quarter ending April 2, 2011.

Ryerson Acquires Singer Steel

16 March 2011 - Ryerson Inc. has acquired Singer Steel Co., a value-added flat rolled steel processor based in Streetsboro, Ohio.

Shale-Inland Names Main Steel CEO, Forms Executive Team

16 March 2011 - Shale-Inland has named Keith Medick as Chief Executive Officer and formed the executive team for the recently purchased Main Steel Polishing Company.

U. S. Steel, Lambda Technologies Enter Technology Agreement

15 March 2011 - U. S. Steel Tubular Products enters into an agreement with Surface Enhancement Technologies that will make the company the exclusive tubular products manufacturer to utilize Low Plasticity Burnishing.

Praxair Expands Tennessee Air Separation Plant

15 March 2011 - Praxair announced plans to double the capacity of its Memphis, Tenn., air separation complex to produce oxygen and nitrogen that will supply Nucor and Valero Energy.

New Carpenter Alloy Combines High Strength and Toughness

15 March 2011 - Carpenter Technology introduces Temper Tough™ alloy, a new ultra high-strength steel alloy that is a lower cost alternative to many cobalt-containing precipitation hardenable alloys.

Metals USA Acquires The Richardson Trident Company

14 March 2011 - Metals USA Holdings has closed its acquisition of The Richardson Trident Company, including its eight processing centers located in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, California, and Massachusetts.

AK Steel Coke Plants Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

14 March 2011 - AK Steel's Ashland and Middletown coke plants have received the Max Eward Safety Award from the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute. Both coke plants operated the entire year of 2010 without any OSHA recordable injuries.

Steel Dynamics Provides First Quarter Earnings Guidance

11 March 2011 - Steel Dynamics says it is expecting to report first quarter earnings per diluted share in the range of $0.37 to $0.42, significantly higher than fourth quarter 2010 earnings per diluted share of $0.04.

Steelworkers Donate $10,000 to New Zealand Earthquake Assistance

10 March 2011 - The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $10,000 toward emergency aid and reconstruction efforts following the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.

OSHA Cites Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel for Safety Violations at Seamless Tube Mill

10 March 2011 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel for one repeat, five serious and two other-than-serious violations following a safety inspection of the company's seamless tube mill.

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