05 August 2013 - ArcelorMittal announced that it is to restart an expansion project at its Monlevade and Juiz de Fora sites in Brazil, which will increase production capacity from 3.75 to 4.9 million tonnes a year.

Metinvest Group Appoints New CFO

05 August 2013 - Metinvest Group announced that Aleksey Kutepov was appointed CFO. He replaces Sergiy Novikov, who will continue his career within the Metinvest Group.

Mechel Holds Successful Testing of Equipment for Coking Coal Equipment

05 August 2013 - Russia’s Mechel OAO announced it has successfully tested equipment that produces coking coal concentrate at the Elga coal deposit's seasonal washing plant in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Cliffs Natural Resources Reaches Tentative Agreement with USW at Quebec Mine

05 August 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers Union for a new three-year labor contract offer that will cover approximately 300 represented workers at Cliffs' Bloom Lake mine in Fermont, Quebec.

ThyssenKrupp Steel German Subsidiary Modernizes Medium-Wide Strip Mill

05 August 2013 - Hoesch Hohenlimburg, a specialist supplier of hot rolled strip steel based in Hagen, Germany, has completed one of the biggest modernization projects in the firm’s history: The recently upgraded medium-wide strip mill has now been successfully ramped up.

ArcelorMittal Reports Results for "Challenging" First Half of Year

02 August 2013 - As it reported its results for the first half of 2013, ArcelorMittal said the second half of the year should deliver a clear underlying improvement relative to the second half of 2012, which it believes marked the lowest point in the cycle.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Reaches Agreement With Employees in Spain

02 August 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has reached agreement with employees at its ThyssenKrupp Galmed plant in Spain, including the termination of all employment contracts and the closure of the facility.

LKAB Names New Senior Vice President Sales

02 August 2013 - Peter Schmid, MSc., currently president of the LKAB subsidiary LKAB Wassara AB, has been appointed senior vice president sales for the LKAB Group and will be stationed at LKAB's head office in Luleå, Sweden. He will assume his new position on 1 August 2013.

METALLOINVEST Announces Second Quarter Operational Results

02 August 2013 - METALLOINVEST, a Russia-based iron ore and HBI producer, announced its operational results for the second quarter of 2013.

OAO Severstal Announces Management Structure Optimization

02 August 2013 - Further to the management and organizational changes announced by OAO Severstal on 15 July, the company announces further changes to optimize its management structure in order to achieve its stated goals of improving efficiency and reducing costs.

Outokumpu Wins a New Contract with Casa de Moneda de Mexico

01 August 2013 - Outokumpu has won a contract with Casa de Moneda de Mexico (The Mexican Mint) supplying coin blanks to support the Latin American marketplace.

Severstal Upgrading Cherepovets Steel Mill's Cold Rolling Mill

01 August 2013 - The Cherepovets Steel Mill, a major integrated steelmaker and part of the Russian Steel division of OAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, announced that it is to upgrade its 4−stand cold reduction mill to improve product quality, reduce costs and increase output.

EVRAZ Gives Second Quarter 2013 Production Report

01 August 2013 - EVRAZ plc released its operational results for the second quarter of 2013, noting that its key steelmaking facilities in Russia and North America continued operating at high utilization rates during the quarter.

Report: Work Continues at Severstal Columbus Following Accident

01 August 2013 - Crews will have to repair one of the lines at Severstal in Columbus after a ladel of steel spilled Tuesday night, according to a local report from WTVA.

Gerdau's Steel Shipments Grew Quarter-on-Quarter But Down Year-on-Year

01 August 2013 - Brazil-based Gerdau reported that shipments of steel products reached 4.6 million tonnes in the 2Q13, a 3% reduction when compared to 2Q12, however an increase of 1.7% compared to 1Q13.

Reuters: U. S. Steel's Locked-Out Canada Workers Reject Contract Proposal

01 August 2013 - Workers locked out at United States Steel Corp's Lake Erie works in Canada have voted to reject the steelmaker's contract proposal, their union said on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report.

Mechel Disposes of Several Ferroalloy Assets

01 August 2013 - Mechel OAO announced the signing of an agreement for the sale of several ferroalloys assets to Turkey's Yildirim Group.

AK Steel Comments on China's Failure to Implement WTO Rulings in Electrical Steel Case

01 August 2013 - AK Steel said it will request that the U.S. Government seek WTO authorization to impose retaliatory tariffs against certain imports from China until China comes into compliance by revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty measures on grain oriented electrical steel from the U.S.

Superior Machine to Upgrade Gallatin Steel's C Furnace

31 July 2013 - Superior Machine Co. of S.C., Inc. has been awarded a contract to supply and install the equipment to upgrade the C furnace at Gallatin Steel Co. in Ghent, Ky.

Severstal's Cherepovets Mill Delivers Record Production of Galvanized Color-Coated Steel

31 July 2013 - The Cherepovets Steel Mill, one of the world’s largest integrated steel mills and part of the Russian Steel division of OAO Severstal, announced that it delivered record production of more than 38,000 tonnes of galvanized color-coated steel in June.

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