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U. S. Steel Names General Manager of Granite City Works

29 February 2008 - United States Steel appoints Sharon K. Owen as General Manager of Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill.

U. S. Steel Names General Manager for Great Lakes Works

29 February 2008 - As part of a wave of personnel moves across the United States Steel organization, the company has appointed David J. Rintoul as General Manager of Great Lakes Works in Ecorse and River Rouge, Mich.

U. S. Steel Announces Management Changes at Mon Valley Works

28 February 2008 - United States Steel announced the appointment of Lisa A. Roudabush as General Manager of Mon Valley Works and Mark G. Tabler as Plant Manager of the Clairton Plant.

U. S. Steel Announces Management Changes at Gary Works

28 February 2008 - United States Steel announces management changes at Gary Works, including the appointment of Frederick G. Jauss as General Manager, Ralph Corrente as Plant Manager—Primary Operations, and David L. Armstrong as Plant Manager—Midwest Plant.

U. S. Steel Announces Key Executive Changes in U.S., Europe

28 February 2008 - United States Steel announces a series of management changes affecting the entire corporation, including the return of David H. Lohr to company headquarters to fill the new position of Senior Vice President — North American Flat-Roll Operations.

Timken Acquisition Expands Growing Steel Energy Portfolio

26 February 2008 - Timken completes its acquisition of the assets of Boring Specialties, a leading provider of a wide range of precision deep-hole oil and gas drilling and extraction products and services.

Cleveland-Cliffs Reports Year-End 2007 Results

26 February 2008 - Cleveland-Cliffs reports net income of $93.7 million on consolidated revenues of $782.5 million for the fourth quarter, and net income of $270.0 million on record revenues of $2.28 billion for the full year ended December 31, 2007.

OSHA Cites Auburn Metal Processing for Safety Violations

22 February 2008 - OSHA cites Auburn Metal Processing for a total of 22 alleged serious and repeat violations of safety standards following the death of an employee who became caught in a conveyor belt.

Court Approves AK Steel VEBA Settlement with Middletown Retirees

22 February 2008 - The U.S. District Court in Cincinnati approves an agreement between AK Steel and a group of retirees from its Middletown Works that resulted in establishment of a Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association trust covering approximately 4900 current Middletown Works retirees.

OSHA Cites Auburn Metal Processing for Safety Violations

22 February 2008 - OSHA cites Auburn Metal Processing for a total of 22 alleged serious and repeat violations of safety standards following the death of an employee who became caught in a conveyor belt.

Court Approves AK Steel VEBA Settlement with Middletown Retirees

22 February 2008 - The U.S. District Court in Cincinnati approves an agreement between AK Steel and a group of retirees from its Middletown Works that resulted in establishment of a Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association trust covering approximately 4900 current Middletown Works retirees.

Quanex Schedules Special Meeting to Approve Merger Agreement

21 February 2008 - Quanex will hold a special meeting for stockholders to approve and adopt the agreement and plan of merger between Quanex and a subsidiary of Gerdau SA.

Nucor to Construct New Coil Processing Center in Mexico

21 February 2008 - Nucor announced plans to construct a new sheet and coiled plate processing center in Mexico with an anticipated capacity in excess of 500,000 tons/year.

AK Steel to Increase Carbon Steel Prices

19 February 2008 - AK Steel will increase spot market prices for carbon steel products, effective immediately for all new orders.

U. S. Steel Announces Retirement of Senior Vice President

19 February 2008 - John J. Connelly, U. S. Steel’s Senior Vice President—Strategic Planning and Business Development, will retire at the end of February following more than 37 years of service to the company.

Worthington Steelpac to Produce Lightweight Steel Distribution Pallet

18 February 2008 - Worthington Industries subsidiary Worthington Steelpac announces plans to begin mass-producing its Steelpac Distribution Pallet in March.

Timken to Increase Prices on Seamless Mechanical Tubing

18 February 2008 - Timken will increase prices on carbon and alloy seamless mechanical tubing, effective with shipments beginning on April 1, 2008.

Blast Furnace Outage to Impact Production at Severstal North America

18 February 2008 - Severstal North America’s overall production volume will be reduced by some 35% due to an outage its “B” Blast Furnace, according to preliminary information released by OAO Severstal.

Timken to Add Manganese to Generic Alloy Surcharge

15 February 2008 - Timken will add manganese to its generic alloy surcharge effective with shipments beginning on April 1, 2008.

ALJ Announces 1st Quarter Earnings for Kentucky Electric

14 February 2008 - ALJ, the parent of Kentucky Electric Steel, posts net income of $4,965,246 for the three months ended December 31, 2007, a strong improvement over the net loss of $395,420 reported for the three months ended December 31, 2006.