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All the latest headlines from NAFTA trading partners: the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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Steel Dynamics Orders Danieli Spooler Line

17 August 2017 - Danieli has won a contract to install spooled bar equipment at Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Columbia City, Ind., USA, structural and rail mill. 

ArcelorMittal JV Upgrades Automated Coil Transport System

16 August 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investing US$5 million to replace unmanned carts that move coils at its I/N Tek and I/N Kote joint-venture plants in Indiana, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana. 

Looking to the Future, Cliffs Natural Resources Restores Past Name

15 August 2017 - North American iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has renamed itself Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., reclaiming the identity it had used for decades.  

Nucor Grows Bar Processing Capabilities Through Acquisition

14 August 2017 - Nucor Corp. is acquiring approximately 200,000 tons of additional cold-finished bar capacity, the company has announced.

Report: Liberty House Nears Deal on U.S. Wire Rod Mill, But Uncertainty Remains

09 August 2017 - U.K.-based Liberty House Group is getting close to finalizing a deal to acquire a South Carolina wire rod mill, but zoning issues could wind up killing it, the company tells The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier. 

Breakout Reported at Illinois Bar Mill

07 August 2017 - Firefighters were summoned to the Alton Steel meltshop early Saturday morning after 100 tons of molten steel broke out of a ladle, according to The (Alton, Ill.) Telegraph. 

voestalpine Deepens Investment in Powdered Metals, Additive Manufacturing

04 August 2017 - Austria’s voestalpine said it is investing EUR50 million to expand metal powder production for additive manufacturing and to open two 3D printing research and production facilities in Taiwan and Canada. 

Cast Components Manufacturer Plans U.S. Facility

04 August 2017 - Kimura Foundry America is setting up a 35,200 square foot facility in Shelbyville, Ind., giving the castings maker its first U.S. manufacturing presence. 

Better Steel Prices Strengthen Ternium's Second-Quarter Profits

02 August 2017 - Second-quarter profits at Latin American steel producer Ternium rose nearly 62% on higher steel prices, the company said. 

Outokumpu Divests Welded Pipe Mill in Florida

01 August 2017 - Outokumpu has sold its stainless pipe mill in Wildwood, Fla., USA, to a Taiwanese manufacturer for approximately EUR25 million, or about US$29.5 million, the steelmaker announced on Tuesday. 

Six Injured in Accident at U. S. Steel's Great Lakes Works

01 August 2017 - Six people were injured Tuesday morning in what is being called an explosion at United States Steel Corporation’s Great Lakes Works in Michigan.

TimkenSteel Posts US$1.3 Million Profit in Second Quarter

31 July 2017 - New steel orders helped pushed TimkenSteel’s second-quarter earnings into the black. 

Bloom Engineering Establishes Steel-Specific Sales Team

31 July 2017 - Industrial combustion and controls engineer Bloom Engineering is reorganizing its sales team, creating a unit that will focus specifically on the steel industry. 

Transformer Maintenance Firm Launches Southern U.S. Expansion

31 July 2017 - SDMyers, an Ohio-based electrical transformer service firm, is opening two new regional offices in the southern U.S., the company has announced. 

Timing of Section 232 Decision Remains Uncertain

28 July 2017 - U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said he’ll defer to President Donald Trump on the timing of the administration’s Section 232 decision, according to the Reuters news agency. 

Old Port Poses An Obstacle to Wire Rod Mill Restart

28 July 2017 - Steel entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta and his Liberty House Group are counting on using an aging port along the coast of South Carolina to serve a wire rod mil it hopes to acquire from ArcelorMittal and restart. 

USW to Trump: Get on With It Already

27 July 2017 - In regard to the Trump administration’s decision to delay action on new steel trade measures, the United Steelworkers union has this much to say: “What are you waiting for?”

U. S. Steel Posts US$162 Million Profit in Second Quarter

26 July 2017 - United States Steel Corporation swung to profitability in the second quarter on higher average steel prices. 

AK Steel Sets Maintenance and Project Outages at Mansfield, Middletown Facilities

26 July 2017 - AK Steel said it is investing US$26 million in the third quarter in upgrades to its Mansfield and Middletown Works in Ohio.  

Allegheny Technologies Signs Supply Agreement for Specialty Aerospace Materials

26 July 2017 - Aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has signed a long-term purchase agreement with Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) for isothermal forgings and nickel-based powder alloys, materials for its next-generation jet engines. 

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