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Alpha Natural Resources and Affiliates Recognized for Safety, Innovation and Environmental Excellence
08 November 2013 - Alpha Natural Resources and its affiliates, demonstrating their commitment to safety and continual improvement, recently received national and state recognition for mine safety performance, safety technology development and surface mine restoration.
Tenaris Invests in Community Education and Health Services in Argentina
04 November 2013 - With the signing of two social development agreements, Tenaris and Fundación Hermanos Agustín y Enrique Rocca are working to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Two Metinvest Enterprises Receive Environmental Awards
24 October 2013 - Metinvest Group's Azovstal and Zaporizhstal won the 12th Ukrainian "Environmental Quality and Safety" competition.
Kennametal Honors Excellence in Environment, Health and Safety
17 October 2013 - Kennametal Inc. has presented its 12th annual Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Excellence Awards to six Kennametal projects worldwide.
Tenaris Facility in Canada Celebrates Three Years of Zero Lost Time Accidents
11 October 2013 - In early September, Tenaris’s premium threading and accessory facility in Nisku, Alberta, Canada, celebrated a new safety record of zero lost time accidents for three consecutive years.
North Star Bluescope Steel Reaches Two Years Without a Lost-Time Injury
09 October 2013 - North Star Bluescope Steel LLC, in Delta, Ohio, recently announced that it has reached two years without a lost-time injury.
Worldsteel Sustainability Indicators: A Decade of Collective Achievement by the Steel Industry
09 October 2013 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published its 2013 sustainability indicators, providing the steel industry's sustainability performance trend for the past decade.
Worldsteel Recognizes Three Steel Producers for Safety & Health Excellence
08 October 2013 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has recognized three member companies, ArcelorMittal, Gerdau, and Tata Steel Europe, for excellence in four distinct safety and health programs.
LGOK Passes Recertification of Health and Safety Management System
07 October 2013 - Lebedinsky GOK (LGOK, part of Metalloinvest) has successfully passed the recertification audit of its health and safety management system for compliance with the international standard OHSAS 18001:2007.
Gerdau's Capex Projects Progressing at Special Steel Mill in Monroe, Mich.
25 September 2013 - Gerdau’s capital improvement projects at its special steel producing mill in Monroe, Mich., are making progress. The global steel company completed construction of its new continuous caster in October 2012 and dismantled the old caster in June.
Magnetek Adds Anti-Shock Feature to Crane Controls
19 September 2013 - Magnetek, Inc., a leading supplier of digital power and motion control systems for the material handling industry, announced the addition of an anti-shock feature to its IMPULSE®•VG+ Series 4 crane controls.
Arch Coal's Mine Rescue Teams Capture Top Spots in Kentucky Safety Competition
05 September 2013 - Arch Coal, Inc. announced that mine rescue teams from two subsidiaries captured top honors at the 2013 Harlan County Safety Days recently held on the campus of the Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College in Cumberland, Ky.
St. Louis Cold Drawn Cited By OSHA After Worker Electrocuted
04 September 2013 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited St. Louis Cold Drawn for 26 safety violations after a worker was electrocuted 15 May 2013 when he reached into an energized electrical panel box to retrieve work gloves stored in the box at the company's St. Louis steel bar manufacturing facility.
Paolo Rocca Announces US$225 Million in Investments for Ternium Plant in Guerrero, Mexico
02 September 2013 - Paolo Rocca has announced investments of US$225 million in safety and environmental areas for its Ternium plant in Guerrero, Mexico.
USW Thanks OSHA for Republic Steel Citations
16 August 2013 - The United Steelworkers (USW) expressed gratitude to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) for the 12 August 2013 citations issued to Republic Steel.
OSHA Cites Republic Steel for 24 Safety Violations
14 August 2013 - Republic Steel has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 24 safety violations carrying fines of US$1,138,500.
Republic Steel's Canton Facility Experiences Tranformer Failure
06 August 2013 - Republic Steel experienced a failure at the transformer that supplies power to the #7 furnace in its Canton, Ohio, melt shop on 2 August 2013. This failure is being investigated and will result in an outage of its #7 back-up furnace lasting between two and eight weeks.
Report: Work Continues at Severstal Columbus Following Accident
01 August 2013 - Crews will have to repair one of the lines at Severstal in Columbus after a ladel of steel spilled Tuesday night, according to a local report from WTVA.
Rigid Lifelines Supplies Fall Protection to One World Trade Center
23 July 2013 - Rigid Lifelines®, a leading provider and manufacturer of engineered fall protection systems and accessories, has supplied fall protection to the One World Trade Center spire in New York City.
Arch's Coal Creek Mine Earns Second Consecutive Safety Award
04 July 2013 - Arch Coal, Inc. announced that Thunder Basin Coal Co.’s Coal Creek mine has received the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute's 2013 Safety Award for exceptional safety performance. This is the second consecutive year Coal Creek has earned this recognition.
