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Magnetation Idles Iron Ore Concentrate Plant

07 January 2016 - Minnesota-based Magnetation LLC is idling the second of its three iron ore concentrate plants and expects to lay off approximately 160 people, according to reports.

Republic Steel to Mothball Ohio Rolling Mill

07 January 2016 - Special bar quality manufacturer Republic Steel has announced that it will idle its Lorain, Ohio, USA, rolling mill by March and lay off approximately 200 workers, according to media reports.

U. S. Steel's Day in Court Coming on USSC Debt Claims

07 January 2016 - Attorneys for United States Steel Corporation are due in a Canadian court next week, where they will argue that $2.2 billion in debt claims on the company’s Canadian operation are valid – over the objections of a labor union, active and retired salaried employees, and local and provincial governments, according The Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator newspaper.

Canadian Iron Ore Producer Pulls Back on Winter Operations

06 January 2016 - Tata Steel Minerals Canada (TSMC), the steelmaker’s iron ore joint venture in Canada, is scaling down winter operations at its direct-shipping ore project.

Nucor to Restart DRI Plant

06 January 2016 - U.S.-based Nucor Corp. intends to resume production at its Louisiana direct reduced iron (DRI) plant by the end of January, the company has announced.

Stainless Association Elects New Leadership

05 January 2016 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. president and CEO Dennis M. Oates has been elected as chairman of Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA), the organization has announced.

Electrical Upgrades Underway at Gerdau Bar Mill

04 January 2016 - Italy’s Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) is installing a new rolling mill control system at Gerdau's Jackson, Tenn., USA bar plant, the company has announced.

SAIL, ArcelorMittal Hoping to Formally Establish New JV Later This Year

04 January 2016 - Executives at Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and ArcelorMittal are looking to finalize a joint venture sometime this year for a new automotive steel mill in India, according to The (India) Economic Times newspaper.

Steelworkers, Allegheny Technologies Return to Bargaining Table

04 January 2016 - U.S.-based Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) and the United Steelworkers union have resumed labor talks and are scheduled to meet this week, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper.

Danieli, Tenova Bring New DRI Plant into Production

30 December 2015 - Ezz Steel’s new cold discharge DRI plant has been put into service and is exceeding production expectations by more than 10 percent, one of the plant's developers has announced.

AIC Upgrading Roughing Stands at German Rolling Mill

30 December 2015 - A German rolling mill will emerge from a holiday outage sporting new drives on four of its roughing stands, according to the vendor on the project.

Uttam Galva, POSCO Ink Technology-Sharing Agreement for Indian Joint Venture

29 December 2015 - India’s Uttam Galva Group has signed an agreement to incorporate POSCO’s steelmaking technology in their proposed joint venture plant in Maharashtra, reports The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper.

Minnesota Governor Gives Taconite Producer Final Offer to Repay Loan

29 December 2015 - Essar Steel Minnesota is reviewing a newly proposed timetable for repaying a US$66 million public loan on a project that hasn’t panned out the way officials had hoped.

New Coating Technology Put to Use in Offshore Well

29 December 2015 - Russia's TMK has shipped 32 metric tons of premium well products featuring its lubricant-free GreenWell polymer coating technology, the company has announced.

Tube City Testing Out New Process at Ohio Mill

28 December 2015 - AK Steel Corp. and mill services provider Tube City IMS are collaborating on what’s described as an improved steel recovery process, reports the Dayton Business Journal newspaper.

Keystone Consolidated Industries Expands Reinforcing Wire Mesh Capacity

28 December 2015 - U.S.-based Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc. is adding welded wire reinforcement (WWR) mesh production to its Sherman, Texas, facility, the company has announced.

U.S. Commerce Department Proposes Big Dumping Margin on Chinese-Made Corrosion-Resistant Steel

23 December 2015 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has made a preliminary determination that steel producers in China, India, Italy and South Korea have dumped corrosion-resistant steel in the U.S.

Baosteel Pulls the Plug on Multi-Billion-Dollar Iron Ore Project

23 December 2015 - China’s Baosteel and its partners are mothballing a proposed US$5.4 billion iron ore project in Australia on account of market conditions, reports BloombergBusiness news service.

Maker of Combustion Monitoring System Finds Footing in Steel Industry

22 December 2015 - Colorado-based Zolo Technologies has reached a new milestone, having installed more than 25 of its ZoloSCAN tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) systems on steel industry furnaces, the company has announced.

U.S. Steel Hits the Pause Button on Its New EAF

22 December 2015 - United States Steel Corporation is halting work on its new electric arc furnace (EAF), saying that the steel and energy markets are simply too weak to support the project.

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