Steel News

Tonawanda Coke Found by EPA to be Significant Source of Benzene

01 October 2010 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had ordered Tonawanda Coke Corp. to conduct testing under government oversight to determine if the company is a major source of hazardous air pollutants under the federal Clean Air Act. Results showed that TCC does meet this definition and that the majority of benzene being emitted is coming from the process area.

Tata Steel Executes Agreements to Refinance European Operations

30 September 2010 - Tata Steel UK Holdings signed a Senior Facility Agreement with a syndicate of 13 banks for a £3.53 billion term loan and revolving credit facility that is intended to replace in full the current term loan and revolving credit facilities entered into at the acquisition of Corus Group plc in 2007.

Esmark Consolidates U.S. Operations; Names New Execs

30 September 2010 - Esmark Steel Group is consolidating its U.S. service center operations: Century Steel, Sun Steel, Chicago Steel & Iron, and Independent Steel will operate as Esmark Steel Group. In a related announcement, Scott Sternheimer has been named VP of Sales for Esmark Steel Group, effective immediately.

Worthington Reports 1st Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results

30 September 2010 - Worthington Industries, Inc. reported net earnings of $23.3 million on net sales of $616.8 million for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended August 31, 2010.

voestalpine Stahl Named Klima:Aktiv Partner

30 September 2010 - voestalpine Stahl GmbH’s was made a klima:aktiv partner by Environmental Minister DI Niki Berlakovich in recognition of its contribution to CO2 emissions reduction: The company reduced CO2 emissions in a cutting unit area by 500 tonnes a year by optimizing its internal logistics.

Tube City IMS Recognized with Safety Awards

30 September 2010 - Several of Tube City IMS Corp.’s sites received a total of 58 Safety Awards from the National Slag Association (NSA) for 2009. Three Tube City IMS employees also received NSA Best Practices Awards, and one employee was the winner of the NSA safety slogan contest.

Evraz Changes Position on Divestment of Stratcor

29 September 2010 - Evraz SA issues statement on a possible divestment of its US vanadium subsidiary Stratcor Inc.

Outokumpu Aims to Save Energy at Tornio Site

29 September 2010 - Outokumpu has implemented an energy saving project at the Tornio Works production site in Finland that involves replacing 50 separate refrigeration compressors in the cold rolling plant with a new centralized district cooling system, expected to be in use by the end of 2011.

Siemens Modernizes Qatar Steelworks

29 September 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has won an order to modernize Qatar Steel Co.'s steelworks in Mesaieed, Qatar, with the goal of expanding billet production capacity by up to 30% while reducing specific consumption values and waste gas emissions.

Steel Dynamics to Buy Joist-Making Assets from Commercial Metals

29 September 2010 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. has agreed to acquire from affiliates of Commercial Metals Co. certain facilities and assets of CMC's former steel-joist manufacturing operations. These assets will become a part of SDI's wholly owned subsidiary, New Millennium Building Systems.

Preliminary Steel Imports Slip 11% in August

29 September 2010 - The U.S. imported a total of 2,155,000 net tons of steel in August, down 11% from July data, according to the latest report from AISI. The August total included 1,668,000 net tons of finished steel, down 8% from July data.

Quad Infotech Implements [QMOS] MES system at Gerdau Ameristeel Plant

29 September 2010 - Quad Infotech has started the implementation of its [QMOS] MES system at Gerdau Ameristeel's Sayreville's plant, which will allow Sayreville to coordinate its steelmaking and rolling operations from the scrap yard through to bundling and shipping operations.

Corus Begins Transition to Tata Steel Name, Identity

28 September 2010 - Corus is adopting Tata Steel as its new identity, beginning immediately. Corus joined the Tata Steel family in April 2007, creating one of the world’s largest steelmakers.

ThyssenKrupp Reaches Production Milestone at Duisburg-Beeckerwerth Meltshop

28 September 2010 - The Beeckerwerth BOF meltshop of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg recently produced its 200 millionth tonne of crude steel. The meltshop has a capacity of 5.9 million tonnes of steel per year with an average heat weight of 265 tonnes.

Salzgitter Companies Win ZF Supplier Award 2010

28 September 2010 - ZF Friedrichshafen AG has distinguished Salzgitter Flachstahl and Salzgitter Mannesmann Precision with the ZF Supplier Award, which is annually bestowed upon its five top suppliers determined through a standardized selection procedure.

Steel Industry Calls for Currency Reform Legislation

28 September 2010 - Five key steel organizations, including the American Iron and Steel Institute, have sent a letter to all the members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging their support of the amended version of H.R. 2378, The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act.

NLMK Upgrades Transformer Steel Facilities

28 September 2010 - Production has commenced at a new facility producing electric insulation coating for transformer steel at NLMK's main site in Lipetsk. The launch of the 60,000 tonnes-per-annum line is another step toward manufacturing nanostructured high-permeability transformer steel in 2011.

Tenova Meltshop at Ishvesk Starts Up

27 September 2010 - The new Tenova Melting complex located at Izhevsk steelworks in Udmurtia Republic, Russia, was started up on September 7. Tenova’s contract covered a full-scale upgrading of the meltshop n°23 of Izhstal OAO plant, owned by the Mechel group.

ThyssenKrupp System Engineering Forms Joint Venture with Braun CarTec

27 September 2010 - ThyssenKrupp System Engineering GmbH and Braun CarTec GmbH will jointly develop and market hot-forming technology, which enables weight reduction in bodyshell construction in the automotive industry, with the formation of HFS Hotforming Solutions GmbH.

SunCoke Energy to Move Headquarters

27 September 2010 - SunCoke Energy announces plans to relocate its headquarters from Knoxville, Tenn., following its planned separation from Sunoco in 2011.