Steel News

U.S. Agency to Expedite Sunset Reviews of Duties on Chinese Pipe

10 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to expedite its five-year (sunset) reviews concerning the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China.

New CFO Appointed to Sandvik Group

10 September 2013 - Mats Backman has been appointed executive vice president and CFO of Sandvik and member of the Group Executive Management, effective 1 October 2013.

EVRAZ North America and USW Extend Agreement at Pueblo

09 September 2013 - The United Steelworkers (USW) Locals 2102 and 3267, their respective executive boards and EVRAZ North America have approved a three-year extension of the existing collective bargaining agreement for the Pueblo, Colo., facility.

AIIS: U.S. Exports Inch Up in July

09 September 2013 - U.S. steel exports increased in July by 2.2% over June according to government reporting analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

U.S. Agency to Conduct Sunset Reviews of Duties on Wire Rod

09 September 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to conduct full five- year (sunset) reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil and the antidumping duty orders on wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine.

Timken Announces Planned Departure of Executive Vice President; Additional Leaders Named

09 September 2013 - The Timken Company announced that Glenn A. Eisenberg, executive vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, plans to leave the company next year when it separates the steel business from its bearings and power transmission (B&PT) business via a spinoff. 

Baosteel Wins Nine Prizes in Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013

06 September 2013 - Recently, the China Iron & Steel Association and the Awards Committee of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards of the Chinese Society for Metals officially announced the evaluation and selection results of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013. Out of a total of 76 award-winning projects, Baosteel won nine awards — the only Grand Prize awarded, two 1st place prizes, four 2nd place prizes, and two 3rd place prizes.

NLMK/Lipetsk University Educational Project Wins State Support in National Contest

06 September 2013 - A joint project from NLMK Group's Novolipetsk and its affiliated university, the Lipetsk State Technical University, has won an open contest organized by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for a state grant to implement projects aimed at training highly-qualified personnel for companies of the Lipetsk region.

Emirates Steel Dispatches First Shipment of Structural Steel to the Americas

05 September 2013 - The first ever 'Made in UAE' shipment of structural steel landed recently in the American and Mexican ports of Huston and Altamira. It represented Emirates Steel's first ever export shipment to the Americas.

AIIS: Domestic Industry Files Another Trade Case

05 September 2013 - On 4 September 2013, a group of domestic producers of reinforcing bar filed antidumping cases against Turkey and Nafta partner Mexico and a countervailing duty case against Turkey, the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reports.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to Optimize Management Structure

05 September 2013 - The Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has decided to realign the company’s management structure in connection with the optimization program “Best-in-Class Reloaded," under which Steel Europe is making a significant contribution to the profitability and strategic development of the Group as a whole.

OMK's Trubodetal Plant Increases Efficiency of Occupational Training

05 September 2013 - The OLYMP:OKS computer training and control system for developing employees’ professional competence is being put into operation in the training center of Trubodetal JSC (Chelyabinsk, a part of United Metallurgical Company, CJSC OMK).

Arch Coal's Mine Rescue Teams Capture Top Spots in Kentucky Safety Competition

05 September 2013 - Arch Coal, Inc. announced that mine rescue teams from two subsidiaries captured top honors at the 2013 Harlan County Safety Days recently held on the campus of the Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College in Cumberland, Ky. 

Nucor Names Ray Milchovich Lead Director

04 September 2013 - Nucor Corporation announced that its board of directors appointed Raymond J. Milchovich as lead director effective 5 September 2013. Daniel R. DiMicco will continue to serve as executive chairman of Nucor.

EVRAZ Stratcor Names New Marketing Vice President

04 September 2013 - Bradley K. Ewers has been named vice president, marketing for EVRAZ Stratcor, Inc., located in the company’s sales office in Chicago, Ill. In his new position, Mr. Ewers will be responsible for the sales and marketing of EVRAZ Stratcor’s extensive line of specialty vanadium alloys and chemicals.

AISI: U.S. Steel Import Permits Up 7% in August

04 September 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of August total 2,686,000 tons: a 7% increase from the 2,508,000 permit tons recorded in July and 9% increase from the July preliminary imports total of 2,475,000 tons.

Severstal North America Announces Appointment of New CEO

03 September 2013 - Severstal, one of the world’s largest steel and mining companies, announced it has appointed Saikat Dey as chief executive officer of its subsidiary Severstal North America. Dey replaces Sergei Kuznetsov, who departed after four years as CEO of the company.