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This Is How It Ended for an Ohio Galvanizing Steel Mill
04 November 2016 - Auctioneers liquidated an Ohio galvanizing plant on Thursday, selling off equipment for pennies on the dollar.
Report: Thundering Blasts Take Down RG Furnaces in Steubenville
13 August 2013 - The two 100-year-old blast furnaces at the former RG Steel Corp. Steubenville plant disappeared in two thundering blasts and clouds of dust Thursday afternoon, officially ending a steel-making era in the city, according to a report from the Tribune-Chronicle.
Hilco to Assist BDM in Sale of RG Steel Warren Assets
03 June 2013 - Hilco Trading announced that Hilco Warren purchased the steel making assets at the former RG Steel Mill facility in Warren, Ohio, from BDM Warren Steel Holdings.
Indian Firm Looking at RG Steel Plant in Mingo Junction
18 March 2013 - Steelmakers from India are interested in restarting at least part of the silent RG Steel facility in Mingo Junction, which contains the US$115 million electric arc furnace, according to the plant's current owner, the Weirton Daily Times reports.
Mingo Junction Steelworkers Play the Waiting Game
18 February 2013 - Steelworkers and residents are anxious to learn the destiny of the silent RG Steel mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio, which contains the US$115 million electric arc furnace installed when it wore the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel badge, The Review reports.
Thousands of Items to be Auctioned at Sparrows Point Today
23 January 2013 - Starting this morning, the company that purchased RG Steel's Sparrows Point steel mill is holding an auction to sell off specialized equipment as part of the wholesale scrapping of the one-time largest steel facility on the globe.
RG Steel Sued for Alleged Environmental Violations
10 January 2013 - Just three months before RG Steel's bankruptcy and liquidation, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to collect civil penalties from the company for multiple alleged environmental infractions, according to the Weirton Daily Times.
RG Steel Warren Future Still Uncertain
09 January 2013 - While other plants in the former RG Steel group are being scrapped, a fire still burns at the Warren facility, WKBN 27 reports, as its new owner committed to winterizing the plant in October.
Fate of Closed Mingo Junction Steel Plant Still in Limbo
07 January 2013 - A rich and proud history of steelmaking may have come to an end for Martins Ferry, as the RG Steel plant sits quiet following its recent $2 million purchase by Quay Mull and Joseph N. Gompers, the Times Leader reports.
Judge Approves RG Steel Retention Plan
21 November 2012 - A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a request by failed steelmaker RG Steel to pay $767,000 under a retention program to keep about 20 key employees on the job through the end of the year as the company finishes liquidating its assets, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Winterization Begins at RG Steel in Warren
26 October 2012 - Workers last week began the timely and expensive process of protecting infrastructure inside the former RG Steel Mill in Warren, Ohio, against damage from frozen pipes as winter approaches.
Sparrows Point Steel Mill Up for Sale — Again
25 September 2012 - Sparrows Point’s new owners are setting a three-month deadline for interested parties to bid on the idled steel mill complex — in whole or in pieces, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Hilco and ELT Complete Purchase of RG Steel Mill at Sparrows Point
17 September 2012 - Joint venture partners Hilco SP LLC and Environmental Liability Transfer Inc. announced completion of their purchase of the former RG Steel Mill at Sparrows Point, located in Baltimore County, Md.
Judge Approves Sale of RG Steel Assets
16 August 2012 - A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved the sale of assets of steelmaker RG Steel in Ohio and Maryland.
Union Official Says Liquidation Company is Highest Bidder for Sparrows Point
08 August 2012 - A top union official told RG Steel Sparrows Point steelworkers on 8 August that Hilco Industrial, a Michigan liquidation company, is the winning bidder for the mill. Its bid was $72 million.
Nucor, Esmark Win Bids for RG Wheeling Assets
02 August 2012 - An auction Tuesday, 31 July, for RG Steel LLC’s Wheeling, W.Va., assets saw the unit divvied up among a number of buyers, including Nucor Corp., Esmark Steel Group LLC and Frontier Industrial Corp.
RG Idles Coke Batteries at Mountain State Carbon
09 June 2012 - Three coke batteries have been put on hot idle at Mountain State Carbon LLC, and about 200 unionized workers at the joint venture of RG Steel LLC and Severstal North America Inc. are being laid off, according to a local union official.
RG Steel Begins Shutdown
05 June 2012 - A total of 263 union workers at RG Steel's Warren steel mill have been laid off as the plant finishes filling customer orders before being shut down, a union leader said Monday, 4 June.
RG Steel Files for Bankruptcy, Esmark Offers to Buy Wheeling Corrugating
01 June 2012 - RG Steel LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries announced that they have filed petitions under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
RG Steel to Restart L-Blast Furnace at Sparrows Point
15 May 2012 - RG Steel issued a release that on May 12 the company was to restart its L Blast Furnace at Sparrows Point. The L Blast Furnace had been shut down on May 9 as scheduled for a routine maintenance outage.
