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Lakeside Steel Breaks Ground on New Alabama Facility

02 September 2010 - Construction of Lakeside Steel Inc.’s new pipe manufacturing facility in Thomasville, Ala., has officially begun. The construction phase is expected to be substantially completed by April 2011.

AK Steel Announces October 2010 Surcharges

02 September 2010 - AK Steel says it will add a $350 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in October 2010.

Solaris Industries Opens New Plant in North Carolina

02 September 2010 - Solaris Industries has officially opened its plant in Kings Mountain, N.C., to meet the needs of a growing customer base in the United States. The company plans to hire about 40 to 50 employees over the next two years.

Horsehead Updates Restart Schedule for PA Refining Facility

02 September 2010 - Horsehead Holding Corp. noted that the Monaca, Pa., plant's zinc oxide and metal refinery remains temporarily shut down. Regarding zinc oxide production, the company currently expects to restart all four Larvik furnaces by the end of September; it expects to restart the zinc oxide and refined zinc metal columns in stages starting in November.

TMK Joins Industrial Liaison Program at MIT

02 September 2010 - TMK becomes one of approximately 200 companies around the world (and the first Russian company) to gain access to Massachusetts Institute of Technology resources and receive benefits from the Industrial Liaison Program's human and intellectual capital.

Northwest Pipe Adds Steel Exec to Board of Directors

01 September 2010 - Northwest Pipe announces the election of James E. Declusin, former CEO of Oregon Steel Mills and Evraz Inc. NA, to its board of directors.

Universal Stainless Names New Chief Technology Officer

01 September 2010 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. has named Arthur C. Reardon, Ph.D., to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer effective August 31, 2010. He will lead metallurgical process development and oversee all company laboratory capability testing and analysis.

Timken to Increase Prices on Cold-Drawn Tubing

31 August 2010 - Timken announces plans to increase prices on cold-drawn carbon and alloy seamless mechanical tubing by up to 30%, depending on size and product specification.

Gerdau Closes Gerdau Ameristeel Transaction

31 August 2010 - Gerdau Ameristeel and Gerdau announce the completion of Gerdau’s acquisition of all remaining shares of Gerdau Ameristeel pursuant to the recently announced plan of arrangement.

SMDI Honors the Steel Food Can

31 August 2010 - Investor company members of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) are celebrating 200 years of food can innovation and honoring households across America that incorporate canned food into recipes and meals.

Gerdau Ameristeel Obtains Final Order for Plan of Arrangement

30 August 2010 - The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a final order approving the plan of arrangement for Gerdau SA’s acquisition of all remaining common shares of Gerdau Ameristeel. The plan is expected to close on Monday, August 30, 2010.

EPA Orders Tonawanda Coke to Comply with Clean Water Act

27 August 2010 - The U.S. EPA has ordered the Tonawanda Coke to comply with its Clean Water Act permit. Among other violations, Tonawanda Coke is discharging industrial wastewater containing cyanide in excess of its permit limits into the town of Tonawanda’s sanitary sewer system.

Olympic Steel to Add Service Center in Kentucky

27 August 2010 - Olympic Steel has purchased a service center facility in Mount Sterling, Ky., that it will use to perform plate burning, machining, forming, and shot blasting.

AK Steel Celebrates Bricklaying Ceremony for New SunCoke Plant

26 August 2010 - AK Steel held a ceremonial bricklaying for the new $360-million SunCoke Energy plant that will be built adjacent to AK Steel's Middletown Works in Middletown, Ohio.

Grupo Simec Receives NYSE Amex Delinquency Notice

26 August 2010 - Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V. received written notice from NYSE Amex LLC, indicating that the company was not in compliance with the Exchange’s continued listing criteria. The company has not filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Preliminary Steel Imports up 19% in July

25 August 2010 - The U.S. imported a total of 2,415,000 net tons of steel in July, up 19% from June data, according to the latest report from AISI. Finished steel imports were up 15% from June data.

Gerdau Ameristeel Shareholders Approve Gerdau’s Acquisition of Remaining Shares

25 August 2010 - Gerdau Ameristeel's shareholders approve Gerdau SA’s acquisition of all remaining common shares of Gerdau Ameristeel for US$11.00 in cash per common share. Once completed, the deal will make Gerdau Ameristeel a wholly owned subsidiary of Gerdau.

AK Steel Names New VP of Sales and Customer Service

24 August 2010 - AK Steel has named Gary T. Barlow as Vice President, Sales and Customer Service, effective September 1, 2010. Barlow succeeds Douglas W. Gant, who is retiring after 30 years of service to the company.

Russel Metals to Streamline Long Products Operations in Ontario

24 August 2010 - Russel Metals announces plans to combine its Ontario structural steel and other long products operations in its Cambridge facility, resulting in closure of its Port Robinson facility.

World Crude Steel Production Dips 3.3% in July, Beats Year-Earlier Total

23 August 2010 - World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the world steel association stood at an estimated 114.79 million tonnes in July 2010 — a 3.3% decrease from the previous month (June 2010) and an 9.6% increase vs. July 2009.

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