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voestalpine CEO: China Plant Construction Might Be Delayed

26 August 2015 - Austria's voestalpine might be hitting the pause button on plans to build a specialty steel mill in China, although it remains interested in expanding operations there, according to a Reuters interview with CEO Wolfgang Eder.

Tata Steel Halting Production at U.K. Strip Mill; 250 Jobs To Be Lost

26 August 2015 - Tata Steel's U.K. strip steel division is idling parts of a Welsh mill, blaming a surge of unfairly traded imports.

China Moves Forward On Second Round Of Construction on Steel Works

25 August 2015 - In spite of lower demand and ample supply, China has begun the second phase of construction on a large, coastal mill in northern Hebei province, according to Reuters.

Report: Plant Fire Appears To Be Accidental

25 August 2015 - A large fire that broke out at an idled Japanese mill on 24 August may have been caused by workers who were using gas burners to dismantle the facility, reports Singapore’s The Straits Times newspaper.

SSI's UK Slab Mill Faces Uncertain Future, Executive Says

24 August 2015 - Falling demand and prices have plunged the future of SSI UK Ltd.’s integrated slab mill in Teesside, England, into doubt, an executive at the company has warned.

Firefighters Summoned to Blaze At Japanese Steel Plant

24 August 2015 - A large fire broke out at an idled steel pipe plant in Kawasaki City, Japan, on 24 August, according to news reports.

BlueScope Steel To Lay Off Workers, Mulls Plant Shutdowns

24 August 2015 - Against the backdrop of plummeting steel prices, Australia's BlueScope Steel Ltd. has undertaken a review of its Australian and New Zealand plants and may wind up shuttering them, according to The Wall Street Journal.

BlueScope Steel Chairman To Retire in November

21 August 2015 - The chairman of Australia's BlueScope Steel Ltd. is retiring and will step down from the company's board before the end of the year, the company has announced.

Steel Processor Pushes Back Plant Closure

21 August 2015 - Cold-finished steel bar manufacturer Niagara LaSalle Corp. has postponed the closure of its Buffalo, N.Y., USA, facility until the end of August.

Big River Steel Names New Chairman, CEO

20 August 2015 - Big River Steel, the new company building a US$1.3 billion mill in Arkansas, has named a new board chairman and appointed a new CEO following the sudden death of founder John Correnti, who held both of those positions. It also has named a new board director, the company has announced.

Judge Declines To Carve Out Objections To U. S. Steel Debt Claims In Creditor Protection Case

20 August 2015 - United States Steel Corp.'s Canadian operation, U. S. Steel Canada, has been under creditor protection since September 2014. Its largest creditor? U. S. Steel, which says it is owed more than US$2.2 billion.

Cliffs Natural Resources CEO: China Steel Exports Reach 'Crazy' Levels

20 August 2015 - Chinese-made steel exports are likely to surge to more than 100 million metric tons this year, Cliffs Natural Resources CEO Lourenco Goncalves told BloombergBusiness.

Funeral Arrangements Set For Big River Steel CEO John Correnti

20 August 2015 - Funeral arrangements for Big River Steel CEO John Correnti, who died suddenly on 18 August, have been announced.

Troubled South African Steelmaker Selling Iron Ore Mine

19 August 2015 - Integrated steelmaker Evraz Highveld Steel & Vanadium is selling its Mapochs iron ore mine, according to Mining Weekly.

UAE's Emirates Steel Wins Rebar Order for Power Plant Project

19 August 2015 - Rebar and structurals producer Emirates Steel is among the companies that are sharing in Dh9.15 billion worth of construction contracts for the United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power plant, according to The National newspaper.

Steel Industry Veteran Executive John Correnti Dies Suddenly

19 August 2015 - Steel industry leader and visionary John Correnti, who was instrumental in establishing several new steel mills in the U.S., died suddenly in Chicago on 18 August. He was 68.

Magnitogorsk Holding On To Stake In Iron Ore Producer

18 August 2015 - Russia's OAO Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel is going to wait for better days in the iron ore market before selling its piece of ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., according to BloombergBusiness.

Indian JV Inaugurates New TMT Bar Mill

18 August 2015 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. in partnership with another company are opening a new mill capable of producing 100,000 tonnes annually of thermomechanically treated bar, India's The Economic Times reports.

U.S. Steel To Shut Down Alabama Blast Furnace, Finishing Operations

17 August 2015 - United States Steel Corp. intends to shut down -- permanently -- the blast furnace and halt most of the finishing operations at its Fairfield Works in Alabama on account of the new electric arc furnace being installed there, the Pittsburgh-based company has announced.

New U.S. OCTG Mill Begins Ramping Up Production

17 August 2015 - Seamless tubes have begun rolling off the line at Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH's new OCTG mill in Shreveport, La., USA, AMM reports.