Steel News

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.

L.B. Foster Facility Achieves One Million Man Hours without Lost Time Accident

01 March 2011 - L.B. Foster’s Birmingham, Ala., steel line pipe coating facility has achieved one million man hours without a Lost Time Accident.

Essar Steel Honored for Work in Water Conservation

25 February 2011 - Essar Steel was conferred the first prize in the ‘Water Reuse Project of the Year 2010-11’ category by Water Digest for its outstanding work in water conservation.

Tenova Goodfellow, ArcelorMittal Dofasco to Collaborate on EAF Energy Project

23 February 2011 - Tenova Goodfellow has signed a contribution agreement with Sustainable Development Technology Canada to demonstrate the company’s proprietary “Next Gen Energy Efficiency Breakthrough Technology” System in collaboration with leading Canadian steel producer, ArcelorMittal Dofasco.

Posco and LanzaTech to Collaborate on Renewable Energy

21 February 2011 - Posco has signed a memorandum of understanding with LanzaTech for implementation of gas fermentation technology to convert the steelmaker’s flue gases to ethanol and other value-added products.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Implements Unique Cleaning Car

15 February 2011 - ArcelorMittal’s Ostrava's facility in the Czech Republic recently implemented a unique cleaning car, sucking bulldozer GapVax 9000, to support cleaning of its premises.

Mechel Announces Re-Launch of Nerungrinskaya Washing Plant

15 February 2011 - Mechel OAO has re-launched the Nerungrinskaya washing plant at Yakutugol OAO, following the accident on December 26 that resulted in the collapse of three thickeners.

Lakeside Steel Completes Removal of PCB Waste from Welland Site

01 February 2011 - Lakeside Steel Inc. has completed the removal of PCB materials previously stored onsite at the Welland, Ont., facility of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lakeside Steel Corp.

NLMK Completes Installation of New Waste Neutralization Plant

31 January 2011 - NLMK has finished the installation of a new environmentally friendly industrial waste neutralization plant with the capacity to process 1200 tonnes of waste per annum. The neutralization process combines waste incineration with high-temperature thermal decomposition.

OSHA Cites U.S. Steel, Power Piping Following July 2010 Explosion

14 January 2011 - OSHA has cited U.S. Steel Corp. and Power Piping Co. with safety citations for failing to provide an effective energy control procedure and exposing workers to burns following an explosion at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility in July 2010.