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AISI Thanks EPA, Congress for Regulations Compromise

03 November 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute thanks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Congress for working with the Lake Carriers Association and its member companies on compromise regulations for large vessels sailing on the Great Lakes.

AK Steel Announces December 2009 Surcharges

03 November 2009 - AK Steel will add a $185 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in December 2009.

U.S. Steel Announces Executive Changes

03 November 2009 - United States Steel recently announced several executive-level leadership changes. Vice President-Supply Chain & Customer Service John C. Price will retire effective November 30; Anton Lukac will assume his position. Anthony R. Bridge will succeed Lukac.

ITC Votes to Continue Cases on Seamless Pipe from China

02 November 2009 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determines there is reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from China that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

Commercial Metals Reports 4th-Quarter, Full-Year Profits

02 November 2009 - Commercial Metals reported net earnings of $7.2 million on net sales of $1.5 billion for the fourth quarter and net earnings of $20.8 million on net sales of $6.8 billion for the year ended August 31, 2009.

Olympic Steel Reports 3rd Quarter Results

30 October 2009 - Olympic Steel announces net income of $671,000 on net sales of $121.6 million for the third quarter and a net loss of $58.6 million on net sales of $384.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Timken Reports Third-Quarter Results

30 October 2009 - Timken reports a net loss of $50.1 million on sales of $763.6 million for the third quarter, and a net loss of $113.8 million on sales of $2.37 billion for the first nine months of 2009.

AISI Supports Trade Enforcement Priorities Act of 2009

29 October 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute is in favor of the Section 301 bill, known as the Trade Enforcement Priorities Act of 2009, which works to identify priority trade barriers and to make sure that foreign governments are living up to their trade agreement commitments.

Schnitzer Steel Reports 4th Quarter Net Income

29 October 2009 - Schnitzer Steel reports net income of $10 million on revenues of $556 million for the fiscal fourth quarter, and a net loss of $32 million on revenues of $1.9 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.

California Steel Reports Profitable 3rd Quarter

29 October 2009 - California Steel reports net income of $7.4 million on net sales of $147 million for the third quarter and a net loss of $10.8 million on net sales of $398.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

United States Steel Reports 3rd Quarter Results

28 October 2009 - United States Steel Corp. reported a net loss of $303 million on net sales of $2.82 billion for the third quarter and a net loss of $1.13 billion on net sales of $7.69 billion for the first nine months of 2009.

AK Steel Reports Net Income for 3rd Quarter

28 October 2009 - AK Steel reported net income of $6.2 million on net sales of $1,041.1 million for the third quarter and a net loss of $114.4 million on sales of $2,756.9 million for the first nine months of 2009.

Commerce Preliminarily Finds Subsidization of PC Wire Strand from China

28 October 2009 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on October 27 its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand from P.R. China.

Preliminary Steel Imports Increase 23% in September

28 October 2009 - The U.S. imported a total of 1,204,000 net tons of steel in September 2009, an increase of 23% compared to August final data, according to the latest report from the American Iron and Steel Institute.

AISI Urges USTR, Commerce to Address China Trade Concerns

27 October 2009 - AISI submits letter to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke detailing concerns over China’s steel industry and its trade-related actions.

Allegheny Technologies Completes Acquisition of Crucible Powder Metals

27 October 2009 - Allegheny Technologies completes the purchase of the assets of Crucible Compaction Metals and Crucible Research for $40.95 million. The business has been renamed ATI Powder Metals.

World Crude Steel Production Still Down 16% Through YTD September 2009

26 October 2009 - World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association stood at an estimated 107,030 million tonnes in September 2009 — 0.5% higher than the previous month (August 2009) but still 0.6% lower than September 2008.

Reliance Reports Profitable 3rd Quarter, Nine Month Results

23 October 2009 - For the 2009 third quarter, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. reports net income of $41.8 million, or $.57 per diluted share. For the 2009 second quarter, Reliance had a net loss of $5.8 million, or $0.08 per diluted share.

New Tenova Pipe Heat Treatment Furnaces for TenarisTamsa

23 October 2009 - TenarisTamsa and Tenova LOI Italimpianti sign a contract for one Austenitizing Furnace and one Tempering Furnace for pipes to be installed in the new pipe mill of TenarisTamsa Plant in Veracruz, Mexico.

OSHA Levies $82,500 Fine on Republic Engineered Products

23 October 2009 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cites steel mill Republic Engineered Products in Lorain, Ohio, with one alleged willful and one alleged repeat citation of federal workplace safety and health standards.

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