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EPA Requires Improvements at Tonawanda Coke

30 April 2010 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Tonawanda Coke Corp. (TCC) to find and fix deficiencies in its operation of the coke manufacturing facility in Tonawanda, N.Y. EPA is also requiring TCC to explain two incidents that took place at the facility in 2009 and 2010, apparently due to power and equipment failures.

Nucor Presents Quaker Chemical with Safety Award

28 April 2010 - Quaker Chemical was recently recognized by Nucor Steel for its ongoing commitment to the safety and well-being of their employees as well as those of their customers. A Safety Excellence Award was presented to Quaker Chemical during the Nucor Safety Summit.

Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Seamless Pipe from China

23 April 2010 - The Department of Commerce announced on April 22 its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from P.R. China.

AK Tube Plants Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

23 April 2010 - The Columbus, Ind., and Walbridge, Ohio, plants of AK Tube have received the Safety Award of Merit from the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International. The award annually recognizes companies for outperforming their industry's injury and illness rate by at least 10%.

EPA Settles with Alro Steel for Chemical Inventory Reporting Violations

19 April 2010 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently settled a case of hazardous chemical reporting violations involving Alro Steel Corp. The consent agreement and final order applies to Alro facilities in Lansing, Mich.; Melrose Park, Ill.; and Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Ind.

Commerce Finds Dumping of OCTG from China

14 April 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on April 9 its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of oil country tubular goods from P.R. China. Commerce determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold OCTG in the United States at margins ranging from 29.94 to 99.14%.

EPA to Begin Full Investigation at Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site

08 April 2010 - The U.S. EPA will begin a full investigation of the type and extent of contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, N.J., within a few weeks. The site was put on the federal Superfund list in November 2009 after sampling revealed elevated levels of lead in the jetty and seawall.

EU Hands out Excess Carbon Allowances in 2009

02 April 2010 - The recession led to emissions from industrial plants included in the EU's emissions trading system to drop by 11% in 2009, according to energy information provider ICIS Heren. The EU handed out more free carbon allowances than were actually needed for plants to comply with 2009 emissions.

EPA, NY DEC Investigate Equipment Failure at Tonawanda Coke

02 April 2010 - The U.S. EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are investigating equipment failure at Tonawanda Coke that triggered an emergency flare this week to prevent the release of potentially harmful gas.

AK Steel Coke Plant Recognized for Safety Performance

29 March 2010 - AK Steel's Ashland, Ky., coke plant has received the Max Eward Safety Award from the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute. Employees at the plant worked the entire year of 2009 without a single OSHA-recordable injury.

Canadian Tribunal Delivers Mixed Findings on OCTG from China

24 March 2010 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal finds that dumped and subsidized coupling stock OCTG from China had not caused or threatened to the domestic industry, but that dumped and subsidized casing and tubing OCTG from China had.

Posteel Opens New Pipe Plant in Oman

19 March 2010 - Posteel recently opened Gulf International Pipe Industry (GIPI), a new 250,000-tonne production facility specializing in API pipes based in Sohar, Oman. Posteel will supply 100,000 tonnes of hot-rolled coils annually to GIPI, which are needed to produce the pipes.

NLMK Launches Final Stage of Environmental Project

18 March 2010 - Novolipetsk Steel has begun the final stage of reconstructing the gas exhaust ducts at BOF Shop No.1 at its main production site in Lipetsk, the goal of which is to improve operational reliability and reduce the company’s environmental impact.

Mechel Announces Accident at Its Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant

12 March 2010 - Mechel OAO halts production at the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant Coke Shop #2 following a fatal gas explosion on Thursday, March 11.

ArcelorMittal USA Again Receives Energy Star Honor

10 March 2010 - ArcelorMittal USA was recently selected, for the third consecutive year, as a 2010 Energy Star® Sustained Excellence Award winner for Energy Management, awarded annually by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.

AISI Supports Efforts to Halt EPA Regulation of Stationary Sources

05 March 2010 - The American Iron and Steel Institute applauds efforts in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent “economically damaging action” by the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources.

Ruukki Releases Report on 2009 Environmental Responsibility

03 March 2010 - Ruukki claims in its 2009 corporate environmental report that it made progress in the energy efficiency of production with the aim of achieving energy savings of 9%, compared to 2005 levels, by 2016. The company spent a total of EUR 21 million on environmental investments in 2009.

EPA Accepting Comments on ArcelorMittal Requests for Hazardous Waste Injection

26 February 2010 - U.S. EPA Region 5 is accepting public comments until April 7 on ArcelorMittal's requests to continue injecting hazardous waste deep underground at its Burns Harbor facility in Indiana. ArcelorMittal has three existing underground injection wells and plans to construct a fourth.

Commerce Preliminarily Finds Subsidization of Seamless Pipe from China

25 February 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on imports of seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from P.R. China.

AISI Commends Letter by Senators to EPA

24 February 2010 - The American Iron and Steel Institute has expressed its support for a letter signed by eight U.S. Senators to EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson raising “serious economic and energy security concerns” regarding the potential regulation of greenhouse gases from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act.

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