Steel News

NLMK Annouces System-Wide Changes to Corporate Safety Practices

17 June 2013 - In an effort to streamline business processes, NLMK Group has announced changes to its occupational health and safety management practices, including setting up a single management system covering all the Group’s sites and divisions.

Tangshan Orders Cold Rolling Complex from Siemens

17 June 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order worth more than € 100 million from the Chinese Tangshan Iron and Steel Group to supply a complete cold rolling complex.

AK Steel Provides Second Quarter 2013 Guidance

17 June 2013 - For the second quarter of 2013, AK Steel said it expects increased shipments to the automotive market and carbon spot market compared to the previous quarter.

Severstal North America Employees Reach Out to Furry Friends in Need

14 June 2013 - In an effort to give back to their local communities and help those in need, employees from both Severstal Dearborn and Severstal Columbus have collected pet food, supplies and monetary gifts to donate to their local animal shelters.

Jersey Shore Steel Awarded 2013 Governor's Environmental Excellence Award

14 June 2013 - The Jersey Shore Steel Co. was recently named a winner of Pennsylvania’s 2013 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for “Making and Marketing the World’s Greenest Steel.” Its facility is located in Clinton County, Pa.

New General Director Appointed at NLMK's Altai-Koks

14 June 2013 - The NLMK Group announced that Pavel Lizogub has been appointed general director of Altai-Koks. He is currently serving as NLMK deputy vice president (deputy head of strategic raw materials division).

Metinvest Employees Awarded with the State Prize of Ukraine

14 June 2013 - A state prize was awarded for a collective study of Ukrainian coal-based energy saving technologies for steelmaking operations. The authors of the study included two Metinvest employees.

Essar Steel Algoma and Cliffs Natural Resources Extend Iron Ore Purchase Agreement

13 June 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Essar Steel Algoma Inc. to extend the iron ore pellet sale and purchase agreement between the two companies to 2024.

AK Steel Announces Price Increase for Carbon Steel Products

13 June 2013 - AK Steel said it will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products by a minimum of $40 per ton, effective immediately with new orders.

Mechel Reports Successful Sample Production of Rail Rolls at Chelyabinsk Rolling Mill

13 June 2013 - Mechel OAO reported that hot testing of rail rolls production at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant's universal rolling mill has begun.

Nucor Provides Guidance for Second Quarter Earnings

13 June 2013 - As it announced second quarter earnings guidance, Nucor said overall operating performance in the steel mills segment is down compared to the first quarter of 2013, with weaker performance in sheet and structural steel somewhat offset by improvement in plate.

JSC Liepajas metalurg Plans to Restart Production as Dalpolimetall Shows Interest in the Company

13 June 2013 - JSC Liepājas metalurgs confirmed that it plans to restart production by mid-July and that the Dalpolimetall company has expressed interest in the Latvian company.

ArcelorMittal Introduces Door Ring Solution to European Car Manufacturers

13 June 2013 - ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks recently welcomed four of the main European carmakers at ArcelorMittal’s Global R&D research center in Montataire, France, to discover the door ring, a very interesting solution that is already in use in the U.S.

Metinvest Opens Sales Office and Service Center in Nizhny Novgorod

13 June 2013 - Metinvest Eurasia, LLC — Metinvest Group’s retail sales network in the Russian Federation — in its effort to expand the distribution network in Volga River Basin, opened a sales office and a metal service center in Nizhny Novgorod.

SMS Siemag to Supply Cold Rolling and Strip Processing Lines for Record Strip Width to Benxi

12 June 2013 - Chinese Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd. (Benxi) has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a pickling line/tandem cold mill and two continuous annealing lines.

Sutor Group Partners Up to Build Anti-Corrosion Coating Line

12 June 2013 - Ningbo Zhehua Heavy Steel Pipe Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary of Sutor Technology Group, has entered into a partnership agreement with Zhejiang Longkey Anti-corrosion Co. to build an anti-corrosion coating line at Ningbo Zhehua's operating base in Ningbo, Zhejiang province.