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Global Industry Group Announces Future Steel Vehicle Research Program

12 December 2007 - The International Iron and Steel Institute's automotive group, WorldAutoSteel, announces the Future Steel Vehicle project during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Bali.

Domestic Stainless Tube Producers Express Concern over Imports from China

05 December 2007 - Domestic producers representing the Seamless Stainless Tube Trade Action Committee (SSTTAC) express growing concern with the rapidly expanding increasing volumes of low-priced seamless stainless steel tubing from China.

SMS Meer to Supply Large-Diameter Pipe Mill for ChTPZ Group

29 November 2007 - SMS Meer will supply the machines and equipment for a new large-diameter pipe mill for JSC Chelyabinsk in Russia.

Siemens Starts up First Meros Process at voestalpine Stahl Sinter Plant

26 November 2007 - Siemens Metals Technologies starts up the world’s first Maximized Emission Reduction of Sintering (Meros) off-gas-cleaning plant on voestalpine Stahl’s sinter plant. The upgrade has already delivered a significant reduction in off-gas emissions.

Posco Enters Development for Utilization of Domestic Wastes

21 November 2007 - Posco will work with Busan Metropolitan City to develop a business capable of turning domestic wastes into fuel that can subsequently be used to generate power, in the first application of this technology in Korea.

Tata Steel Earns DSIR Award for Hexavalent Chromium Research

16 November 2007 - Tata Steel wins Department of Scientific & Industrial Research Award 2007 for R&D effort in implementing an indigenous technology for removing hexavalent chromium from chrome-ore concentrates.

AISI Raises Competitiveness Concerns to Senate Committee

15 November 2007 - In testimony during a legislative hearing of America’s Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191), AISI President and CEO Andrew G. Sharkey states that any climate change provisions must apply to foreign firms selling in the U.S. market in order to avoid dire consequences for the U.S. economy and the environment.

EPA to Hold Hearing on Draft U.S. Steel Permit for Gary Works

09 November 2007 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 sets the time and place for the Dec. 11 public hearing on U.S. Steel’s draft wastewater permit for Gary Works.

Commerce Dept. to Impose Tariffs on Steel Pipe from China

07 November 2007 - U.S. pipe makers and the United Steelworkers applaud the U.S. Department of Commerce for its preliminary finding that the Chinese government has been providing improper subsidies on Chinese circular welded steel pipe exports to the U.S.

OSHA Cites C&A Metal Finishing Following Workplace Fatality

05 November 2007 - OSHA cites C&A Metal Finishing for one alleged willful and 14 alleged serious health and safety violations following an inspection prompted by a fatal accident.

EPA, Steel Dynamics Reach Agreement on Clean-Air Violations

02 November 2007 - U.S. EPA Region 5 reaches an agreement with Steel Dynamics on alleged clean-air violations at the company's Butler facility.

EPA Plans Public Hearing on Gary Works Draft Permit

02 November 2007 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will hold a public hearing on its objections to Indiana's draft wastewater discharge permit for U.S. Steel's Gary Works.

Republic Seeks OHSAS 18001:2007 Certification

30 October 2007 - Republic Engineered Products will seek certification to the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series Standard OHSAS 18001:2007 as part of the cooperative efforts with its union to promote ‘Health, Safety and the Environment’.

EPA Raises Additional Objections to Draft Permit for Gary Works

19 October 2007 - The U.S. EPA outlines three more objections to the draft wastewater discharge permit proposed by the State of Indiana for U.S. Steel’s Gary Works, following initial objections raised by EPA earlier this month.

EPA Objects to Draft Permit for U.S. Steel Gary Works

15 October 2007 - U.S. EPA raises formal objections to the draft wastewater discharge permit the state of Indiana has proposed for U.S. Steel Corp.'s Gary Works facility.

OSHA Cites Universal Stainless & Alloy for Safety and Health Violations

02 October 2007 - OSHA is proposing $126,500 in penalties for alleged safety and health violations at Universal Stainless & Alloy Products.

Mercury Switch Recovery Program Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

28 September 2007 - The National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program celebrates its one-year anniversary this month with the release of the Program’s 2006-2007 Annual Report.

SMS Meer to Supply Largest-Ever Welded Tube Plant for Jiangbei Steel Processing

25 September 2007 - Jiangbei Steel Processing and Logistics, part of the WISCO steel group, places an order with SMS Meer to supply a 26-inch high-frequency welded tube plant capable of producing up to 350,000 tonnes of pipes per year, the largest of its kind in the world.

SMS Meer to Provide Three-Roll Piercer for Mannesmannrohr Sachsen

24 September 2007 - SMS Meer will convert V&M Deutschland’s push-bench plant at the Zeithain Works into a cross-roll piercing and elongating plant with the installation of a three-roll piercer.

SMS Meer to Upgrade Rohrwerk Maxhütte Stretch-Reducing Mill

24 September 2007 - Rohrwerk Maxhütte contracts SMS Meer to repair and modernize an existing stretch-reducing mill at Sulzbach-Rosenberg, including the supply of additional rolls stands and upgrades to the mill’s drives, automation systems, and rotary saw.

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