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AK Tube Plant Receives Safety Award

04 June 2007 - AK Tube LLC’s Columbus, Ind., plant receives the ‘Safety Award of Merit’ from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International for its 2006 safety performance.

Japanese Steel Industry Welcomes ITC OCTG Decision

01 June 2007 - Japanese steelmakers welcomed the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to eliminate anti-dumping duties on oil country tubular goods from Japan.

ITC to Revoke Orders for OCTG Imports

01 June 2007 - The U.S. International Trade Commission will revoke its existing antidumping duty orders on imports of oil country tubular goods from Argentina, Italy, Japan, Korea, and Mexico.

Republic Joins Mercury Switch Recovery Program

22 May 2007 - Republic Engineered Products has joined a national coalition of automobile manufacturers, steel industry associations and environmental groups in the effort to implement the voluntary National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program, which encourages the removal of mercury switches from scrap automobiles before they are crushed or shredded.  

SMS Meer to Supply Finishing Center for Pervouralsk

21 May 2007 - OAO Pervouralsky Novotrubny Works, part of the ChTPZ Group, Russia, has placed an order with SMS Meer for a complete finishing center for their existing pipe plant.

Tube City IMS Earns Safety Award for Cayce Facility

04 May 2007 - Tube City’s IMS Division operation in Cayce, S.C., earns the Palmetto Safety Excellence Award from the South Carolina Occupational Safety Council for its outstanding safety performance in 2006.

AK’s Coshocton Works Honored for Safety Performance

23 April 2007 - AK Steel’s Coshocton, Ohio, Works has earned three awards from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, division of Safety and Hygiene for the plant's outstanding 2006 safety performance.

TMK Standardizes on Broner MES for its Russian Pipe Mills

22 April 2007 - TMK has standardized on Broner MES technology to improve production monitoring and control at each of its four pipe mills in Russia.

Mikron Business Earns Environmental Awards

13 April 2007 - Quanex announced that its Mikron vinyl window profile business won two awards from King County in the state of Washington. The annual EnvirOvation award is from the Department of Natural Resources and the biennial Green Globe award is from the Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

National Slag Association Honors Tube City IMS Divisions

29 March 2007 - Tube City IMS Corp. announced that several of the company's IMS Division sites received a total of 24 safety awards from the National Slag Association (NSA) for 2006.

ThyssenKrupp Files Air Permits in Two States

16 March 2007 - March 16, 2007 — ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA, LLC has filed permit applications in both Alabama and Louisiana for its planned $2.9-billion facility.

AK Steel Coke Plant Earns Safety Award

12 March 2007 - For the second consecutive year, employees of AK Steel's Ashland, Ky., coke plant have earned the Max Eward Safety Award, presented annually by the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI). The award recognizes the ACCCI-member coke plant having the best safety record during 2006

SMA Presents 2007 Safety Award

20 February 2007 -