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Republic Steel Produces First Heat at New Lorain Furnace

26 November 2013 - Republic Steel, one of the nation’s leading providers of special bar quality (SBQ) steel, has initiated hot commissioning of its new electric arc furnace (EAF) in Lorain.

POSCO Officially Launches 1% Sharing Foundation

26 November 2013 - POSCO hosted the inaugural meeting of the POSCO 1% Sharing Foundation at the Seoul POSCO Center on 18 November, and decided to donate US$ 300,000 to support victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Kvaerner Awarded Galvanizing Line Contract from ArcelorMittal Dofasco

26 November 2013 - Kvaerner North American Construction Ltd. (Kvaerner NAC) has received a contract to perform equipment installation and ancillary work for a galvanizing line in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at ArcelorMittal Dofasco.

Ruukki Completes Employee Negotiations, Avoids Plant Closure

26 November 2013 - The employer-employee negotiations initiated in October by Ruukki Building Systems at its Peräseinäjoki plant in Finland have now been completed.

Outokumpu Sells Electricity Distribution Network at Tornio Site

26 November 2013 - Outokumpu is selling the electricity distribution network at its Tornio site in Finland to InfraVia European Fund II.

Salzgitter Flachstahl Wins Energy Efficiency Prize

25 November 2013 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG) has been awarded first prize under the Energy Efficiency Award 2013 by the Deutsche Energie Agentur GmbH (dena).

NLMK Group Optimizes Energy Sector Management

25 November 2013 - NLMK Group continues to optimize its energy sector management, appointing a new group vice president for energy.

AK Steel Announces Stainless Steel Price Increase

25 November 2013 - AK Steel will increase base prices for some of its specialty stainless steel products, effective with shipments on 1 January 2014.

Report: Plans for SunCoke Plant Advancing

25 November 2013 - SunCoke Energy officials shed new light this week on the company’s proposal to build a new coke plant in South Shore, Ky., The Independent reports.

EVRAZ North America Names New Executive Vice President for Long Products Business

22 November 2013 - EVRAZ North America announced Jerry Reed as the company’s new executive vice president – long products, the position formerly held by president and chief executive officer Conrad Winkler.

ArcelorMittal Zenica's New Blast Furnace Filter System Begins Operations

22 November 2013 - ArcelorMittal has reached an important milestone in its ongoing environmental program with the official start of operations of a major new filter system for its blast furnace.

U.S. Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Producers Applaud Trade Case Ruling

21 November 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made a unanimous (6-0) preliminary determination that foreign producers of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) are causing injury to the two U.S. producers of GOES and their workers.

Cliffs Natural Resources to Halt Development of Chromite Project Indefinitely

21 November 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced that its affiliate, Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc., will suspend indefinitely its Chromite Project in Northern Ontario by the end of the fourth quarter of 2013.

Outokumpu Exec's Long-Term Study on Cancer at Steel Mills Published in Medical Journal

21 November 2013 - The British Medical Journal has published an article by Outokumpu’s chief medical officer Markku Huvinen.

AK Steel Named "Corporation of the Year" in Cincinnati

21 November 2013 - AK Steel has received the "Corporation of the Year" award from the Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program (GCMCP).

Carpenter Technology CEO Addresses AIST and AWMI Pittsburgh Chapters at Joint Meeting

20 November 2013 - The Pittsburgh Chapters of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) and the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) held their annual joint dinner meeting on 18 November 2013 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh.

Tenova Core Installs Car Bottom Furnace at JSW Texas

20 November 2013 - Tenova Core recently completed the design, supply and installation of a new 26-ton car bottom furnace for plate heat treating at JSW’s Baytown, Texas, plant.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Commissions New SMS Siemag Converter

20 November 2013 - After a modernization by SMS Siemag, the 400-ton converter at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG successfully produced the first heat at the Duisburg-Bruckhausen Works in September 2013.

Michigan Seamless Tube Named One of Michigan's Top Workplaces for 2013

20 November 2013 - Michigan Seamless Tube, LLC (MST) has been recognized by the Detroit Free Press and WorkplaceDynamics, an independent research firm specializing in developing surveys that measure organizational health, as one of Michigan’s Top Workplaces.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Completes Desulfurization of Coke Plant

20 November 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has completed the optimization of the coke oven gas desulfurization process.

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