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OSHA Cites Republic for Repeat Exposures to Fall and Energy Control Hazards

17 May 2011 - OSHA has cited Republic Engineered Products Inc. in Lorain for seven willful and three repeat safety violations for failing to protect workers from fall hazards and implement adequate energy source lockout/tagout procedures to prevent injury from hazardous equipment.

Posco-JNPC Conducts Disaster-Response Training

10 May 2011 - Posco-JNPC recently conducted two days of safety drills to bolster its contingency capability to swiftly react to natural disasters.

Main Steel Receives Safety Awards from FMA

06 May 2011 - The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association recognizes Main Steel Polishing Company as a multiple winner of the 2011 FMA/CMA Safety Award.

Posco Publishes 2010 Carbon Report

26 April 2011 - Posco has published its Carbon Report 2010, which details the company’s project visions and strategies such as the Green Steel, Green Business, Green Life, and Green Partnership.

AK Steel Plants Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

26 April 2011 - AK Steel's manufacturing plants in Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio, have been recognized by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene for outstanding safety performance.

SMDI Investors Celebrate Sustainability, Recyclability of Steel

25 April 2011 - In commemoration of the 41st anniversary of Earth Day, investing member companies of the Steel Market Development Institute remind consumers about the sustainability benefits and superior recycling attributes of steel.

Timken Recycles 1.6 Million Tons of Scrap Metal in 2010

22 April 2011 - In 2010, The Timken Co. transformed 1.6 million tons of scrap metal into Timken® steel, which is made from nearly 100% recycled content, including 350,000 tons of recycled scrap metal from Timken operations.

Nalco Program Reduces Water, Energy Usage at Gallatin Steel

22 April 2011 - Nalco helped Gallatin Steel’s mini-mill in Ghent, Ky., reduce its raw water use by 179 million gallons per year and decrease pump operations, saving 2.3 million kW·h of energy annually.

Novolipetsk Wins All-Russian Environmental Competition

18 April 2011 - Novolipetsk has been honored as one of Russia’s Top 100 – Ecology and Environmental Management for its environmental activity in 2010.

Ruukki to Supply Innovative Energy Piles for Technopolis Jyväskylä

11 April 2011 - Ruukki's steel piles will serve both as the foundations and as energy piles to collect free ground-source heat for the new Technopolis Innova 2 office building under construction in Jyväskylä, Finland.

ArcelorMittal USA Receives Fourth ENERGY STAR Award

04 April 2011 - ArcelorMittal USA has earned the 2011 ENERGY STAR® Award for Sustained Excellence, marking the company's fourth consecutive year of receiving the award.

NLMK Increases Funding for Environmental Projects

24 March 2011 - Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) allocated RUR4.14 billion (almost RUR100 million up year-on-year) in 2010 toward environmental protection projects at its main production site in Lipetsk.

Gerdau, Rio Government Announce Investment of R$ 2.47 billion

16 March 2011 - The state government of Rio de Janeiro and Gerdau have announced investments of R$ 2.47 billion to increase the production of steel and rolled products at Gerdau’s Cosigua mill.

U. S. Steel, Lambda Technologies Enter Technology Agreement

15 March 2011 - U. S. Steel Tubular Products enters into an agreement with Surface Enhancement Technologies that will make the company the exclusive tubular products manufacturer to utilize Low Plasticity Burnishing.

AK Steel Coke Plants Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

14 March 2011 - AK Steel's Ashland and Middletown coke plants have received the Max Eward Safety Award from the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute. Both coke plants operated the entire year of 2010 without any OSHA recordable injuries.

OSHA Cites Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel for Safety Violations at Seamless Tube Mill

10 March 2011 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel for one repeat, five serious and two other-than-serious violations following a safety inspection of the company's seamless tube mill.

AK Tube Plants Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

04 March 2011 - AK Tube’s Columbus, Ind., and Walbridge, Ohio, plants have been recognized for outstanding safety performance by the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International.

MMK Reports 2010 Investments in Environmental and Safety Improvement

04 March 2011 - Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) posts the 2010 results of its Environmental Program, including the investment of more than 2.2 billion rubles for 35 special environmental and safety projects.

TMK IPSCO Facility in Brookfield, Ohio, Commissions Second Thread Line

04 March 2011 - This week, TMK IPSCO’s Premium pipe threading facility in Brookfield, Ohio, began a two-week commissioning phase for its second thread line, which will allow the facility to thread more and larger pipe to meet the expanding demand in the oil and gas industry.

Don B. Daily Memorial Fund to Promote Steel Industry Safety and Health

03 March 2011 - SMA and the AIST Foundation are partnering to commemorate the life and industry service of Don B. Daily by establishing the Don B. Daily Memorial Fund to promote a safe workplace for the steel manufacturing industry and to increase the number of students studying health and safety awareness in manufacturing.

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