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Steel arriving at U.S. ports appeared poised to increase 4.1 percent in March, largely due to gains in energy-related products.
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Mexican steel producer Deacero SA de CV has reportedly started operations at its new Acería 3M plant in Ramos Arizpe, in the country’s northern Coahuila state.
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Canadian coal producer Corsa Coal Corp. has entered into a long-term sales arrangement to provide South Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel Co. Ltd. with low-volatility metallurgical coal.
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ArcelorMittal USA LLC has made a number of management changes, the company said April 2.
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A proposed consent order settling anticompetition charges over Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co.’s 2010 purchase of the cast iron soil pipe business of Star Pipe Products Ltd. has been released for public comment by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Steelmakers with raw material operations in Minnesota and Michigan have said that new U.S. EPA regulations on regional taconite facilities could cost producers millions of dollars in retrofitting and lost production.
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A scope ruling has been requested on certain zinc drive nail anchors from China, according to a filing with the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA).
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The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has determined in a preliminary review of a countervailing duty order on imports of drill pipe from China that Shanxi Yida Special Steel Import & Export Co. Ltd. and its affiliates received countervailable subsidies of 5.23 percent.
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Japanese steel exports fell in February from the previous month but were sharply higher than a year earlier as producers reaped the benefits of a weakening Japanese currency.
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The flat-rolled steel import sector continues to drag its feet as an oversupplied U.S. market and softening domestic prices make stateside sales unattractive.
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Minnesota Power has completed the installation of new electrical transmission lines and power substations near Nashwauk, Minn., that will power Essar Steel Minnesota LLC’s taconite mine and processing facility, the power company said April 2
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Due to a reporting error, an article published on AMM's website Mar. 31 incorrectly stated that North American Stainless Inc. is increasing angle surcharges.
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ExxonMobil Pipeline Co., an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corp., has recovered about 12,000 barrels of oil and water from a pipeline leak that occurred March 29 near Mayflower, Ark.
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JMC Steel Group Inc. has officially relaunched Sharon Tube Co., a subsidiary that will be marketing the company’s drawn-over-mandrel (DOM) products.
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Brazil’s Cia. Siderúrgica Nacional SA (CSN) expects to export 4 million tonnes more iron ore in 2013 than it did last year, mining director Daniel dos Santos said during a conference call with analysts and investors.
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Two bondholders of bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp. are calling for an independent trustee to oversee the company’s asset disposal, arguing that most of the company’s 99 units in bankruptcy have no obligation to unions or retirees.
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Brazilian steel and iron ore producer Cia. Siderúrgica Nacional SA hasn’t made any binding bid for ThyssenKrupp CSA’s slab plant in Rio de Janeiro state, a senior company executive said.
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Commodities trader Balli Group Plc has gone into administration and appointed consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. to oversee proceedings, a company source confirmed April 2 to AMM sister publication Steel First.
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Anglo American Plc has halted shipments from its Amapá iron ore operation in northern Brazil following an accident at a floating dock in the Amazon River.
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U.S. raw steel output totaled an estimated 1,819,000 net tons last week, up 0.6 percent from 1,809,000 tons the previous week, as mills operated at an average capability utilization rate of 75.9 percent.
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An executive at Tonawanda Coke Corp. faces up to 75 years in prison and fines in excess of $200 million after a jury found him guilty of breaking environmental laws.
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Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC has denied claims from creditors of RG Steel LLC that the bank acted improperly before the steelmaker’s bankruptcy because of its relationship with a Renco Group Inc. executive.
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Republic Steel expects to start a new melt shop in Lorain, Ohio, during the third quarter, allowing the company to adequately supply its special bar quality (SBQ) mills and run them more efficiently.
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is investigating the cause of damage to 32 steel rods on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that had been supplied by Painesville, Ohio-based Dyson Corp.