Steel News

SunCoke Energy Expects Lower Year-on-Year Domestic Coke Production in Q4 2013

10 January 2014 - SunCoke Energy, Inc. reported fourth quarter 2013 domestic coke production is expected to be 1,056,000 tons, down an estimated 26,000 tons versus the same prior year period.

Arch Coal President of Eastern U.S. Operations Retiring; Successor Named

10 January 2014 - Arch Coal, Inc. announced that Charles G. Snavely has elected to retire as president of the company's eastern U.S. operations, following an exceptional 35-year career in the coal industry.

General Steel Included in China's Qualified Steelmaker List

10 January 2014 - General Steel Holdings, Inc. announced that its principal manufacturing facility, Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., has been included in the List of Enterprises Fulfilling the Iron and Steel Industry Specification released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China (MIIT).

U.S. Steel Mill Shipments Drop 9% in October

09 January 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of November 2013, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,604,428 tons, a 9.0% decrease from the 8,287,553 tons shipped in the previous month, October 2013,.

SMS Siemag Revamps Converter for Salzgitter Flachstahl

09 January 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Germany, has successfully put into operation a new converter vessel supplied by SMS Siemag for converter A at the Salzgitter steelworks.

voestalpine Expands Welding Technology Business with Acquisition in India

09 January 2014 - The voestalpine Group is continuing to push forward with its internationalization strategy by acquiring the Indian company Maruti Weld Ltd., headquartered in New Delhi.

ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Birmingham Awarded Business Excellence Award

09 January 2014 - ArcelorMittal’s Distribution Solutions site in Birmingham, UK, has been awarded the 2013 Business Excellence Award by its customer, the prestigious Royal Mint — the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom.

Schnitzer Steel Reports Results, Noting Steady Market Conditions in West Coast Steel Market

08 January 2014 - Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced a quarterly loss in its fiscal 2014 first quarter ended 30 November 2013.

Butech Bliss to Build Fulton County Processing’s New HCL Pickling Line

08 January 2014 - Fulton County Processing (FCP), a northwest Ohio-based, state-of-the-art steel coil processing company, announced that Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel will be installing a new hydrochloric push/pull pickling line set to be operational in late 2014.

CMC Reports Results, Provides Outlook for Current Quarter

07 January 2014 - Commercial Metals Co. announced financial results for its first quarter ended 30 November 2013 and provided an outlook for the seasonally-slower current quarter.

ANH Refractories Names New Chairman and CEO

07 January 2014 - ANH Refractories Co., North America’s largest refractory manufacturer, has named Stephen M. Delo as chairman and chief executive officer,.

Kobe Steel President Gives 2014 New Year's Message

07 January 2014 - On 6 January 2014, the first working day of the new year, Kobe Steel president and CEO Hiroya Kawasaki gave a New Year's message to company employees.

Nominations Now Being Accepted for the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards

07 January 2014 - Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards, which recognize corporate and individual excellence in more than a dozen performance categories spanning the metals and mining arena.

Krakatau Posco Begins Operation of Plate Rolling Mill in Indonesia

06 January 2014 - Krakatau Posco's integrated blast furnace steel mill, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, began operations on 23 December 2013 in Cilegon City in the northwestern region of Indonesia’s island of Java.

Cintas and ASSE Seek Nominations for Safety Innovation Award

06 January 2014 - In collaboration with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Cintas Corp., a leading provider of on-site safety services and training solutions, announced a call for nominations for the inaugural Innovation Award in Occupational Safety Management.

Ellwood Group Announces Metallurgy Scholarship Winners

06 January 2014 - Ellwood Group, Inc. (EGI) announced that Jared Ottmann is the winner of the seventh annual Ellwood Group, Inc. Metallurgy Scholarship. The 2013–2014 scholarship is worth US$15,000

Mechel Closes Deal to Sell Several Ferroalloy Assets

06 January 2014 - Mechel OAO, a Russian mining and metals company, announced the closing of a deal disposing of 100% of the shares in Voskhod Mining Plant (Khromtau, Kazakhstan) and the Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant (Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia) to Turkey's YILDIRIM Group for a total of US$425 million.