Steel News

AK Steel Announces September Surcharges

27 August 2004 - AK Steel has advised its flat-rolled carbon steel customers that a $142 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices for products shipped in September. AK Steel also advised its electrical steel customers that a $240 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in September.

Roanoke Electric Steel Reports Record 3rd Quarter Results

27 August 2004 - Roanoke Electric Steel Corp. reported net earnings of $7,757,545 on record sales of $129,443,989 for the third quarter ended July 31, 2004.

IMS to Supply X-Ray Gauges for Dofasco Cold Tandem Mill

27 August 2004 - Dofasco Inc., Canada, has placed an order with IMS Systems Inc. for a complete cold tandem mill thickness gauging system.

Ipsco Uses Savings from Process Innovation to Fund Local Education

26 August 2004 - Ipsco Inc. announced that more than $100,000 will be infused into the education system in north Mobile County in the next year. The money is a direct result of savings generated by the Company by substituting scrap tires for carbon in the steel manufacturing process.

Thermo Electron to Supply Gauges for Wheeling Pgh Tandem Mill Upgrade

26 August 2004 - Thermo Electron Corp. will supply Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. with two Radiometrie RM 215 X-ray thickness gauge upgrades for the 66-Inch Tandem Mill at their Allenport, Pa., facility.

Castrip Process Sets New Sequence Casting Record

26 August 2004 - The Castrip production installation facility at Nucor Corp.'s Crawfordsville, Ind., steel plant, recently cast 7 complete ladles of steel over a 10-hour period.

Stelco Hires Casey to Sell Hamilton Plate Mill

25 August 2004 - Stelco has hired Casey Equipment as Exclusive Sales Agent for the sale of a 148-inch Mesta plate mill.

Steel Dynamics Appoints Vice President for Bar Products Division

25 August 2004 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. has appointed Glenn Pushis to the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Bar Products Division. Pushis has served as General Manager of that division since it was formed in January of 2003.

Cascade Steel President to Retire

24 August 2004 - Robert W. Philip, Chairman and CEO of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced the intention of Kurt Zetzsche, President of Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. to retire Nov. 5, 2004, shortly after his 65th birthday.

New General Managers Named at Three U. S. Steel Facilities

24 August 2004 - United States Steel Corp. announced changes in the leadership at Gary Works, Mon Valley Works and Fairfield Works. The new appointments are effective September 1, concurrent with the promotion of George F. Babcoke, General Manager of Gary Works, to Managing Director of Engineering and Research.

Cleveland-Cliffs Announces Ratification of Contracts

24 August 2004 - United Steelworker-represented employees at the Empire and Tilden Mines in Michigan, and Hibbing Taconite and United Taconite Mines in Minnesota, have ratified new four-year labor agreements. Cleveland-Cliffs manages and holds substantial equity positions in all four mines.

U. S. Steel Announces New Managing Director of Engineering and Research

24 August 2004 - United States Steel Corp. announced the appointment of George F. Babcoke to Managing Director of Engineering and Research, effective September 1.

Coalition Announces Grand Calumet and Indiana Harbor Settlement

23 August 2004 - U. S. Steel, part of a coalition of eight companies, announced last week an historic agreement regarding plans for environmental restoration of the East Branch of the Grand Calumet River and the Indiana Harbor Canal System. The agreement, which should expedite work on the area's natural resources and habitats, settles a natural resources damages claim brought by the state of Indiana and two federal agencies against companies whose operations had allegedly had an adverse effect on the area's environment. The settlement involves eight of the companies.

U. S. Steel Names General Manager of Public Affairs

20 August 2004 - United States Steel Corp. announced the appointment of Charles L. "Chuck" Rice to the position of General Manager—Public Affairs, effective Sept. 1, 2004.

NLRB Announces End to Rocky Mountain Steel Mills Labor Dispute

20 August 2004 - The Denver Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board (Region 27) announced the resolution of the unfair labor practice litigation between that Agency, Rocky Mountain Steel Mills and the United Steelworkers of America.

SSINA to Steel Caucus: U.S. Specialty Metals Industry at Risk

20 August 2004 - The long-term survival of a once-vibrant and healthy American specialty metals industry faces serious risks, according to Dr. Jack W. Shilling, chairman of the Specialty Steel Industry of North America. This assessment and ways to fix the problem were presented by Shilling in testimony at a field hearing organized by the Senate and House Steel Caucus.

AISI Chairman Details Challenges to Domestic Industry

20 August 2004 - “We are witnessing major structural changes in the steel industry, which can be described accurately as both ‘revolutionary’ and predictable,” American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Chairman David S. Sutherland, President and CEO of Ipsco, Inc., testified Thursday, August 19, at a Steel Caucus field hearing in Pittsburgh.