11 October 2004 - Members of the United Steelworkers have voted over 82% to strike if necessary at Stelco-owned AltaSteel. The vote was completed late Friday with a turnout of 197 out of 270 eligible voters.

Stelco Earns International Automotive Quality Certification

08 October 2004 - Stelco Inc. has been awarded ISO/TS 16949:2002 Quality Management System certification for its Cold Rolled and Coated Products Division.

ISG Achieves Record Shipments in Third Quarter

08 October 2004 - International Steel Group Inc. announced that it achieved record shipments of approximately 4,039,000 tons for the third quarter of 2004.

ISG Extends Exchange Offer Deadline

07 October 2004 - International Steel Group Inc. (ISG) is extending the expiration date for its offer to exchange up to $600 million of its 6.5% Senior Notes due 2014, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for any and all of its unregistered outstanding 6.5% Senior Notes due 2014 issued on April 14, 2004.

Bayou Steel Selects Pittsburgh Logistics to Manage Facility Transportation

07 October 2004 - Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. (PLS) has been selected by Bayou Steel Corp. to manage outbound transportation for its Leetsdale, Pa., distribution center.

Universal Stainless to Increase Tool Steel Plate Prices

06 October 2004 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. announced a 6% price increase effective on shipments scheduled for November 1, 2004 for all tool steel plate products manufactured at its Bridgeville, Pa., facility.

Gerdau Ameristeel Files Prospectus for Share Offering

06 October 2004 - Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. has filed a preliminary short form prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces and territories of Canada, and a registration statement on Form F-10 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, for a proposed offering in the United States and Canada of 70 million of its common shares.

AK Steel Bumps up 3rd Quarter Earnings Expectations

06 October 2004 - AK Steel anticipates reporting better-than-expected results for the third quarter of 2004.

USWA to Challenge Court Ruling on Former Republic Pensions

06 October 2004 - The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) intends to challenge last week's ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denying shutdown benefits to thousands of former employees of Republic Technologies International (RTI) in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New York. The ruling overturned a September 30, 2003 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Peter Economus.

Mark Brandon Hired as Nucor Manager of Technical Business Development

06 October 2004 - Nucor Corp. announced the hiring of Mark M. Brandon to the position of Manager of Technical Business Development, effective October 11, 2004.

Stelco Adds Three More Facilities to the For-Sale List

06 October 2004 - Stelco Inc. has elected to pursue the sale of wholly owned subsidiaries AltaSteel Ltd. and Norambar Inc., as well as the company's 40% ownership interest in Camrose Pipe Co. Stelco had previously announced its decision to seek buyers for Stelfil, Stelpipe and Stelwire.

Universal Stainless Increases Line of Credit

05 October 2004 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. has increased its revolving credit facility with PNC Bank to $15 million from $6.5 million and extended the term to June 30, 2006. All other terms of the credit facility remain unchanged.

Gerdau AmeriSteel to Install JetBOx Technology on Consteel EAF

05 October 2004 - Gerdau AmeriSteel has awarded a contract to Process Technology International, Inc. (PTI) to install PTI’s patented JetBOx™ system on the 75-ton Consteel AC EAF at the company’s Charlotte, N.C., mill.

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Makes First Heat in New LMF

05 October 2004 - Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. announced that its ladle metallurgy furnace (LMF) completed its first heat on Friday, Oct. 1, just 14 months after the project was authorized. The LMF is part of Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s new Consteel(R) Electric Arc Furnace system.

Stelco Reacts to 90-Day Notice by USWA Local 8782

04 October 2004 - USWA Local 8782 has issued 90 days notice of a potential strike at Stelco Inc.'s Lake Erie facility. The notice is required under the June 23rd Agreement between Stelco and its USWA Locals.

VAI Revamps Arvedi Thin Slab Caster

01 October 2004 - VAI has successfully upgraded and restarted the thin-slab caster of the existing Arvedi Steel Technology line (AST line) of Acciaieria Arvedi in Cremona, Italy.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Sells Berkenhoff Subsidiary

01 October 2004 - ThyssenKrupp Steel AG subsidiary Berkenhoff GmbH has been sold to the private equity investor Granville Baird Capital Partners in Hamburg as part of a management buyout. The sale was effective October 1, 2004.

VAI Pomini Logs Long Products Rolling Mill and Caster Orders

01 October 2004 - VAI recently recorded successful orders valued at approximately 26 million euro for its subsidiary VAI Pomini.

Ispat Iscor Commences Routine Blast Furnace Repairs

01 October 2004 - Ispat Iscor recently commenced routine repairs to one of the blast furnaces at its Vanderbijlpark steel mill, which was to idle the vessel for approximately seven days. The company said the repair work was required because blast furnace C had developed a localized hot spot, as a result of damage to a small section of the vessel’s refractory lining.

Talks Back on at Wabush Mines

01 October 2004 - Striking steelworkers will be back at the bargaining table Friday with Wabush Mines in an attempt to reach a settlement for 300 members of Steelworkers Local 6285. The workers have been on strike since July 5.

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