Steel News

EGI Announces 2012-2013 US$15,000 Metallurgy Scholarship Winner

15 February 2013 - The Ellwood Group Inc. announced that Stephen Rooney of Montclair, N.J., is the winner of the sixth annual Ellwood Group, Inc. Metallurgy Scholarship.

BlueScope Steel Announces Retirement of Non-Executive Director

15 February 2013 - BlueScope Steel Limited announced that non-executive director, Ms. Diane Grady, has retired from the Board.

TMK Announces New Appointments

15 February 2013 - TMK announced the appointment of Alexander Lyalkov, senior vice-president of TMK, as managing director of the Volzhsky Pipe Plant. Elena Blagova, managing director of Volzhsky Pipe Plant since 2007, shall join TMK Management Company to take responsibility for new projects.

RAD-CON Appoints New Director of Marketing and Sales

14 February 2013 - Cleveland, Ohio-based RAD-CON, Inc., a leader in hydrogen bell furnaces for strip and wire coils, announced that Wynn H. Kearns as joined the company as director of marketing and sales.

Barry Zekelman Returning as CEO of JMC Steel Group

14 February 2013 - JMC Steel Group announced that chief executive officer, Frank A. Riddick III, is leaving the company to pursue other matters and that Barry Zekelman, executive chairman, is returning to the office of CEO, effective immediately.

NanoSteel Names New Vice President and General Manager of Powder Metallurgy

13 February 2013 - The NanoSteel® Company, a leader in nano-structured steel materials design, announced that Harald Lemke has joined the company as vice president and general manager of powder metallurgy.

U.S. Steel Exports Continue Slump in December, but Set an All-Time Record for the Year

12 February 2013 - Steel exports set a new record in 2012, increasing 2.2% over the previous record year of 2008, according to government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

Charter Manufacturing Enters Fourth Generation of Family Leadership

11 February 2013 - Charter Manufacturing Co. announced chairman and CEO John A. Mellowes will step down from his day-to-day duties in July as his two sons take on the top leadership roles with the company.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Receives 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator Award

08 February 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has received a Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator Award, which honors the world’s top 100 most innovative corporations and institutions.

Severstal Ranked as Third Most Competitive Steelmaker

07 February 2013 - OAO Severstal, a Russia-based steel and steel-related mining company, has been ranked as the third most competitive global steelmaker in 2012 in a report by World Steel Dynamics.

U.S. Finished Steel Imports Jump in January

06 February 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that steel import permit applications for the month of January 2013 totaled 2,629,000 tons — a 12% rise from December 2012.

U. S. Steel Names Patrick J. Mullarkey Plant Manager — Fairfield Tubular Operations

05 February 2013 - United States Steel Corporation announced that Patrick J. Mullarkey has been named plant manager — Fairfield Tubular Operations, part of United States Steel Tubular Products Inc., located near Birmingham, Ala. effective 1 February 2013.

Report: Better Times on the Horizon for Steelmakers Who Survive 2013

05 February 2013 - The latest global steel report from Ernst & Young says excess steelmaking capacity globally will remain the biggest issue for the sector this year. It also questions the assumption that vertical integration in the sector adds value.

The AIST Foundation Announces Junior Faculty Award

04 February 2013 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) Foundation has created the AIST Foundation Junior Faculty Award to increase the number of younger engineering professors with a vested interest in the iron and steel industry.

U.S. Agency to Conduct Five-Year Reviews of Import Duties on Hot Rolled Steel

04 February 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to conduct full five-year "sunset" reviews concerning the countervailing duty orders on hot rolled steel products from India, Indonesia, and Thailand and the antidumping duty orders on hot rolled steel products from China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine.

Air Products Appoints New Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

04 February 2013 - Air Products announced that John D. Stanley has been appointed senior vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer responsible for the company’s law, corporate secretary, human resources, information technology, global business support services, mergers and acquisitions, communications, and government relations departments.