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North America
All the latest headlines from NAFTA trading partners: the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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U. S. Steel Tubular Announces 2009 Chief Roughneck Award
06 November 2009 - U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. announces Harold Korell, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southwestern Energy, as the recipient of its Chief Roughneck Award for 2009.
U.S. Commerce Department to Impose Preliminary Duties on OCTG from China
06 November 2009 - The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that oil country tubular goods from P.R. China are being sold or are likely to be sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
AK Steel Honored for Technical Research Paper
05 November 2009 - AK Steel has received the 42nd Outstanding Author Award from the Galvanizers Association for a technical paper entitled “Furnace Atmosphere Monitoring at AK Steel Coating Lines.”
Steel Import Permits Rise 16% in October
05 November 2009 - Steel import permit applications reached 1,491000 net tons for the month of October, a 16% increase from the 1,283,000 permit tons recorded in September 2009 according to the latest report from AISI.
Carpenter Technology Reports 1st Quarter Results
04 November 2009 - Carpenter Technology reports a net loss of $9.3 million on net sales of $233.7 million for the fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2009.
United Spiral Pipe Dedicates New Facility
04 November 2009 - United Spiral Pipe, a joint venture of U.S. Steel, Posco, and SeAH Steel, recently dedicated its new spiral welded pipe manufacturing facility in Pittsburg, Calif., that will produce 300,000 net tons of line pipe per year at its peak.
Universal Stainless Reports Profitable 3rd Quarter 2009 Results
03 November 2009 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products reports net income of $312,000 on sales of $25.3 million for the third quarter and a net loss of $3.9 million on sales of $98.2 million for the first nine months of 2009.
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.
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