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Strike Ends at ArcelorMittal Steel Works

15 March 2016 - ArcelorMittal has reached an agreement with striking workers at its Lazaro Cardenas steel works in Mexico, according to reports.

AK Steel CEO: We're Focused on Idea Generation

15 March 2016 - How do you win a down market? AK Steel Corp.’s new CEO has five ways.

Cliffs Natural Resources to Resume Production at Idled Iron Ore Mine

14 March 2016 - Seeing some improvement on the horizon, Cliffs Natural Resources is restarting its idled Northshore Mining operation in Minnesota, the company has announced.

Tata Steel Eyes September Commissioning for New Steel Works

14 March 2016 - India’s Tata Steel is bringing up its new Kalinganagar steel works in the state of Odisha and plans to have it fully commissioned by September, company officials said.

EUROPIPE Bags 890,000-Ton Order For Undersea Pipeline

11 March 2016 - German joint venture EUROPIPE is being awarded to contract to supply nearly 1 million tons of large-diameter pipe for a natural gas pipeline running under the Baltic Sea.

Deadline Nearing for Sale of Tata Steel Europe Long Products Business

11 March 2016 - Talks between investment firm Greybull Capital and Tata Steel over the sale of its European long products business are continuing, but the steelmaker is sticking to a self-imposed deadline to strike a deal, reports the U.K.’s Mirror tabloid.

Keystone Steel & Wire Adds 1080 Wire Rod to Product Portfolio

10 March 2016 - U.S.-based Keystone Steel & Wire has begun manufacturing and selling high-carbon wire rod for use as pre-stressed concrete strand, the company has announced.

Harsco Wins Extended Agreement With Stainless Manufacturer

10 March 2016 - Mill services provider Harsco Corp. has won a five-year contract extension at a Belgian stainless mill, the company has announced.

First 1-Inch Coil Processed on New Red Bud Line

09 March 2016 - Coil-processing equipment manufacturer Red Bud Industries recently celebrated a significant achievement – it has built and installed what it says is one of the world’s largest cut-to-length lines and has processed its first coil of 1-inch steel, the company said in a statement.

Paul Wurth Wins Order for Blast Furnace Charging System

09 March 2016 - South Korea’s POSCO has ordered a new charging system for the No. 3 blast furnace at its Pohang works, according to the vendor on the project.

Alpha Natural Resources Hopes to Exit Bankruptcy This Summer

08 March 2016 - Bankrupt metallurgical and thermal coal miner Alpha Natural Resources has filed a plan to exit U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but it will leave as a much smaller organization.

Primetals Awarded Contract for Caster Modernization

08 March 2016 - Italian steelmaker Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.a. plans to modernize the three-strand continuous billet caster at its Bolzano plant, according to the vendor on the project.

Union: U. S. Steel Plans to Idle Ohio Tubular Facility

08 March 2016 - United States Steel Corporation is planning to temporarily idle its Lorain, Ohio, USA, seamless tube mills, for two weeks, if not longer, a union official told The (Lorain County) Chronicle-Telegram newspaper.

Report: U. S. Steel Sets Up New Ownership Structure for Tubular Operations

08 March 2016 - United States Steel Corporation has created a new corporate structure for its tubular business, establishing a wholly owned subsidiary that will own its tube mills in Ohio and Alabama, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

EUROFER: U.S. Duties on Cold Rolled Steel Will 'Re-establish' Level Playing Field

07 March 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department’s preliminary imposition of a 266 percent duty on Chinese-made cold rolled steel will “re-establish” a level playing field. The European Union would do well to take note, said European Steel Association director general Axel Eggert.

ATI Looks for Post-Lockout Production to Normalize in April

07 March 2016 - With a six-month lockout at an end, unionized employees at Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) are to begin returning to work 13 March, the company has announced.

Striking Workers Halt Production at Mexican Plant

07 March 2016 - Unionized workers at ArcelorMittal’s Lazaro Cardenas steel works in Mexico have walked off the job, saying that the company has violated their collective bargaining agreement.

Angry Shareholders Launch Proxy Fight at Iron Ore Development Company

04 March 2016 - There’s a proxy battle afoot at Canada’s New Millennium Iron Corp. as a group of shareholders, angry about the company’s direction and declining stock price, look to replace its board of directors, reports The Northern Miner trade newspaper.

Serbia Puts Nationalized Mill on Sales Block

04 March 2016 - The Serbian government is looking to sell a steel mill that it acquired -- for $1 -- from United States Steel Corporation in 2012, reports the Reuters news service.

NLMK Announces 2018 Blast Furnace Rebuild

04 March 2016 - Russia’s NLMK said it will spend US$104.4 million (RUB 7.5 billion) to rebuild the No. 6 blast furnace at its Lipetsk works.

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