Severstal North America

Severstal divested its North American assets in 2014. The Dearborn, Mich., mill and other assets were sold to AK Steel, and the Columbus, Miss., mill was sold to Steel Dynamics Inc.

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Union to Picket Severstal North America

29 July 2008 - More than 300 members of Laborers' Local 1191 are picketing in front of Severstal North America in protest of the company's use of an out-of-state, non-unionized company for its demolition project.

Severstal Completes Acquisition of WCI Steel

08 July 2008 - OAO Severstal completes its acquisition of WCI Steel for a total cash consideration of US$140 million.

Parsytec to Supply 2nd Surface Inspection System for SeverStal NA

07 May 2008 - Parsytec AG will supply a second hot mill surface inspection system for SeverStal North America’s facility in Dearborn, Mich.

OAO Severstal Reorganizes to Facilitate Growth

15 April 2008 - OAO Severstal announces a reorganization of its businesses into three principal divisions: Severstal Russian Steel, Severstal Resources, and Severstal International.

SeverStal to Acquire Sparrows Point

24 March 2008 - OAO SeverStal reaches agreement to purchase the Sparrows Point facility from ArcelorMittal for an all-cash purchase price of US$810 million.

Severstal North America and SeverCorr Announce New CFO

05 March 2008 - Severstal North America and SeverCorr announce the appointment of Mark J. Yost as Chief Financial Officer.

Blast Furnace Outage to Impact Production at Severstal North America

18 February 2008 - Severstal North America’s overall production volume will be reduced by some 35% due to an outage its “B” Blast Furnace, according to preliminary information released by OAO Severstal.

Severstal NA Halts Production at Blast Furnace Pending Investigation

14 January 2008 - Severstal North America confirms that it has halted production at Blast Furnace B, its smaller blast furnace, as a result of a January 5 accident at that facility.

Severstal North America Announces New Chief Operating Officer

10 January 2008 - Severstal North America names Thomas J. Cera to the position of Chief Operating Officer, replacing Jim Hrusovsky, who was recently appointed CEO of Columbus, Miss., based SeverCorr.

Sunoco Celebrates Start of Construction at Haverhill II Coke Plant

22 May 2007 - Sunoco held a brick-laying ceremony at its second SunCoke Energy Heat Recovery Coke manufacturing plant in Haverhill, Ohio, which will eventually supply coke to both Severstal North America and WCI Steel.

Severstal North America Launches New Website

01 February 2007 -  

Arcelor Shareholders Reject Proposed SeverStal Merger

03 July 2006 -  

SeverStal Proposes Improved Merger Terms to Arcelor

21 June 2006 -  

Arcelor and Severstal Inaugurate Joint Galvanizing Line in Russia

01 April 2006 -  

Arcelor and Severstal Inaugurate Joint Galvanizing Line in Russia

01 April 2006 -  

Wheeling-Pittsburgh and Severstal NA form Mountain State Carbon

03 October 2005 - Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. and SNA Carbon, LLC announced the formation and funding of their new joint venture, Mountain State Carbon LLC. The new venture now owns Wheeling-Pittsburgh's coke plant in Follansbee, W.Va.

Blast Furnace Upgrade to Kick off 4-Year Modernization Program at Severstal

15 July 2005 - Severstal North America, Inc. has filed a permit to install application with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to expand and enhance the larger of its two blast furnaces. The company will invest more than $180 million to add capabilities that will improve furnace productivity, efficiency and reliability and significantly reduce particulate emissions associated with the ironmaking process in its Dearborn-based steelmaking operations.