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Refractory Products Supplier Adds Canadian Representative
08 September 2015 - Wahl Refractory Solutions LLC has signed a sales representation agreement with a Canadian company, Wahl has announced.
Iron Ore Miner Reaffirms Estimate of 1B Tons of Chinese Steel Production
03 September 2015 - Chinese steel demand has slowed, but one of the world’s largest iron ore exporters is sticking with projections that the country’s demand will grow to 1 billion tons in the next 15 years.
Mechel Signs Long-Term Coal Deal With Asian Steelmaker
03 September 2015 - Russian coal and steel producer Mechel OAO has signed a long-term agreement to provide metallurgical coal to a Japanese steelmaker, the company has announced.
Nucor Names New Board Director
02 September 2015 - A former aviation executive has been appointed to Nucor Corp.'s board of directors, the Charlotte, N.C, USA, steelmaker has announced.
To Protect Steelworks, Australian Union Willing To Discuss Concessions
02 September 2015 - The Australian Workers' Union says it will support BlueScope Steel's effort to cut costs in order to preserve the remaining blast furnace at the company's Port Kembla steelworks, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
U. S. Steel Moving 225,000 Tons of Steel Production From Canada to America
02 September 2015 - United States Steel Corporation is shifting a large portion of its automotive steel production away from its Canadian subsidiary, U. S. Steel Canada (USSC), to its American mills, a move that's estimated to cost the ailing Canadian operation more than $200 million in revenue over the next 15 months.
IPSCO Halts Production at Iowa OCTG Mill
02 September 2015 - Oil country tubular goods producer TMK IPSCO is idling a casing and line pipe facility in Camanche, Iowa, USA, laying off 43.
Outotec Wins Order for Iranian Beneficiation Plant
01 September 2015 - Outotec Oyj has been awarded an EUR 45 million contract to outfit a new iron ore beneficiation plant for Iran's Khorasan steel complex, Outotec has announced.
ArcelorMittal South Africa To Close Facilities, Lay Off 400
31 August 2015 - ArcelorMittal South Africa is planning to close parts of one steel works and has begun studying whether to restructure another, the company said in a statement.
BlueScope Port Kembla Works Being Set Up For Failure, Union Says
31 August 2015 - The Australian Workers’ Union is calling an on-site meeting at BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla works this week to figure out a way to save the operation, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
Austrian Strip Mill Places Order For Primetals' Eco Slide discs
28 August 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order to outfit two coilers at an Austrian strip mill with side guiding beams and its Eco Slide wear discs, the company has announced.
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.
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