Steel News

Siderperu Offers 100 Scholarships for Technical Training to Young People

22 February 2013 - Siderperu, Gerdau's operations in Peru, has opened registration for its 11th Admission Contest to Technical School, which will deliver 100 full scholarships (70 in the specialty of mechanical maintenance and 30 in steel production) for young students.

SDI Roanoke Bar Division Announces Price Decrease

22 February 2013 - Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division announced it was decreasing the price of all products, except reinforcing bar, effective with shipments 15 February 2013.

Universal Stainless Achieves Nadcap Heat Treat Accreditation for North Jackson

21 February 2013 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. announced that it has achieved Nadcap Heat Treat accreditation at its North Jackson, Ohio facility.

U. S. Steel Names Burt Caldwell General Manager – Sales

21 February 2013 - United States Steel Corporation announced that Burt Caldwell has been named general manager – sales for its North American flat-rolled sales team based in Chicago, effective 1 March 2013.

ALJ Regional Holdings Announces Management Restructure

21 February 2013 - ALJ Regional Holdings has announced changes in its management structure as a result of its divestiture of Kentucky Electric Steel to Optima Specialty Steel.

SMS Elex to Modernize Electrostatic Precipitator at Salzgitter Flachstahl

21 February 2013 - In addition to a new converter vessel with lamella suspension system supplied by SMS Siemag, converter A in Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH’s steel plant in Germany will also be equipped with new filter technology developed and patented by SMS Elex.

Outokumpu Comments on the Terni Divestment

20 February 2013 - Outokumpu is currently in the process of divesting the Terni operations as required by the European Commission. There are several interested parties and buyer candidates; a decision has yet to be made.

U.S. Mill Shipments Rise 4.4% in 2012

20 February 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that U.S. steel mill shipments for full year 2012 were 95,948,663 tons, a 4.4% increase vs. 2011 shipments of 91,865,449 tons.

CVS Technologies to Provide Rebar Plant to Llamkos Galva Steel

20 February 2013 - The Llamkos Galva Steel Co. and CVS Technologies signed a contract for a turnkey plant to produce 210,000 tonnes per year of rebar.

Big River Steel to Build US$1 Billion Steel Mill in Arkansas

20 February 2013 - Big River Steel, led by steel veteran John Correnti, announced plans to build a more than US$1 billion flatrolled steel mill in Mississippi County, Ark., to serve the automotive, oil and gas and electrical energy markets.

SMS Siemag Successfully Modernizes Coiler at Tata Steel IJuiden

19 February 2013 - Tata Steel this month granted SMS Siemag the final acceptance for the modernization of coiler No. 3 in its IJmuiden, Netherlands, hot strip plant.

Mechel Divests Romanian Steel Assets

19 February 2013 - Mechel OAO, a leading Russian mining and metals company, reports that it has disposed of its Romanian steel assets.

Oschatz to Modernize Second Cooling Stack at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe

19 February 2013 - Plant constructor Oschatz announced a new order from ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: the German plant constructor will modernize the second converter cooling stack at the steel works in Duisburg-Bruckhausen.

Republic Steel Selects Quintiq Software to Optimize Manufacturing Operations

19 February 2013 - Quintiq announced that Republic Steel has selected Quintiq’s supply chain planning and optimization software solution to optimize its steel production planning and scheduling.

JFE, KSP Steel and Marubeni-Itochu Agree to Strengthen Partnership

19 February 2013 - JFE Steel Corporation, KSP Steel LLP and Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to discuss how to strengthen their partnership in the steel industry of Kazakhstan and neighboring countries.

Tata Steel Granted Core Supplier Status by French Car Maker

19 February 2013 - Tata Steel has joined the select group of companies supplying material to PSA Peugeot Citroën to be awarded with Core Supplier status by the French car manufacturer.

Tata Steel Europe Working to Prove Green Auto Technologies of the Future

19 February 2013 - A project was recently launched at Tata Steel Europe's Brinsworth site in Rotherham to help develop groundbreaking green technologies which will power the cars of the future.

Steel Still Relevant in Auto Production Despite Competition

18 February 2013 - Steel isn't leaving its position as a dominant material in automobile production as automakers work to meet more stringent fuel economy standards in the next two decades.

Mingo Junction Steelworkers Play the Waiting Game

18 February 2013 - Steelworkers and residents are anxious to learn the destiny of the silent RG Steel mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio, which contains the US$115 million electric arc furnace installed when it wore the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel badge, The Review reports.

Harsco Signs Multi-Year Contract with Jindal Stainless

18 February 2013 - Harsco Corp. has signed a US$100 million multi-year contract with Indian steel producer Jindal Stainless Ltd.