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Two Metinvest Enterprises Receive Environmental Awards

24 October 2013 - Metinvest Group's Azovstal and Zaporizhstal won the 12th Ukrainian "Environmental Quality and Safety" competition.

EVRAZ Reports Q3 Production and Operational Results

24 October 2013 - EVRAZ plc released its operational results for the third quarter of 2013.

voestalpine Builds Europe's Most Modern Wire Rolling Mill in Austria

23 October 2013 - By 2016, voestalpine Austria Draht will have completed construction of Europe’s most modern wire rolling mill at its Leoben-Donawitz site in Austria.

AK Steel Names Vicente Wright and Mark Essig to Board of Directors

23 October 2013 - AK Steel said that Vicente Wright and Mark G. Essig have been elected to its Board of Directors, effective 1 November 2013.

Tata Steel to Build New Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace in UK

23 October 2013 - Tata Steel announced it will build a vacuum induction melting (VIM) furnace at its Stocksbridge site in South Yorkshire, UK, to enable it to tap into new market opportunities and develop innovative new products for the aerospace and oil & gas industries.

SMS Meer Acquires Interest in Austrian Measurement Technology Company

23 October 2013 - SMS Meer of Germany has acquired shares held by the Austrian measurement technology company TBK in Graz.

Qingdao Steel Orders Flat Bar Rolling Mill from Siemens

23 October 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order to supply Chinese steel manufacturer Qingdao Special Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. with a flat bar rolling mill.

Tata Steel Europe Wins Important Rail Contract

23 October 2013 - Tata Steel, Europe’s second largest steelmaker, has won a contract to supply rail track and steel sleeper plate to Network Rail for at least five years.

Desalitech to Supply Advanced Wastewater Recovery System to Mid American Steel & Wire

23 October 2013 - Desalitech, a provider of high-efficiency water production and treatment solutions, announced that it will supply an advanced wastewater recovery system to Mid American Steel and Wire, a leading supplier in the wire and rod industry.

Carpenter Selects Alabama for New Superalloy Powder Facility

23 October 2013 - Carpenter Technology Corporation will build its new superalloy powder facility in Alabama, directly across the street from its nearly-completed US$518 million ultra-premium product manufacturing facility near Athens in Limestone County.

ArcelorMittal Acindar to Invest $100 Million in New Rolling Mill

23 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Acindar is to invest US$100m in a new rolling mill in Santa Fe province, Argentina.

ATI Announces Third Quarter 2013 Results

23 October 2013 - Allegheny Technologies Inc. said challenging conditions continued in the third quarter 2013 and it expects business conditions to remain challenging through the remainder of 2013.

GE Upgrading Automation and Drives for POSCO-Thainox Annealing and Pickling Line

22 October 2013 - GE's Energy Management Services business is upgrading the automation and drives on the final annealing and pickling line at the POSCO-Thainox plant.

Quad Infotech Completes Implementation of QMOS MES System at Nucor Steel Utah

22 October 2013 - Quad Infotech Inc. has successfully commissioned implementation of QMOS at the Nucor Steel - Utah facility in Plymouth, Utah.

EAF with DRI Charging System from SMS Siemag Brought Into Operation at Jindal Steel

22 October 2013 - On 7 August 2013, SMS Siemag successfully commissioned an electric steelmaking plant for Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL).

Falk PLI Appoints New Project Managers

22 October 2013 - Falk PLI, a specialist in industrial metrology, laser equipment alignment and engineering, recently appointed four new project managers to its team.

U. S. Steel Expects US$1.8 Billion Goodwill Impairment Charge in Third Quarter Results

22 October 2013 - United States Steel Corporation announced that it is currently performing its annual goodwill impairment analysis and that it estimates a total goodwill impairment of approximately US$1.8 billion for its North American flat rolled and Texas Operations reporting units in the third quarter of 2013.