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Management Science Associates Inc. (MSA) has hired Peter V. Moulder as an account manager for the Pittsburgh-based company’s metals and advanced manufacturing division.
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Jemison Demsey Metals has promoted two executives—Will Ernst and Joe Ross Merritt—to the respective posts of director of purchasing and materials manager.
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Russel Metals Inc. has completed its purchase of Norton Metal Products Inc.
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Prolamsa USA has named Craig L. Winkel as sales manager of its U.S. and Canadian markets.
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Catastrophe seems to be the new norm for the North American auto industry as vehicle sales plunged off a cliff again last month, according to sales data released Tuesday by major automakers.
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Traders and buyers of steel reinforcing bar say that domestic orders are nearly nonexistent and import offers are being spurned as well. Prospects appear to be dim, even taking seasonal factors into account.
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A resurgence in Chinese government investment in construction and infrastructure will provide the spark to relight global steel demand, Christophe Cornier, executive vice president of ArcelorMittal SA, said Tuesday.
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U.S. imports of stainless steel products increased to 78,812 tonnes in October, according to Census Bureau preliminary figures released Tuesday.
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The steel industry must adapt the way in which it operates to emerge from the current market downturn unscathed, Wim Plaizier, partner at A.T. Kearney Inc. in the Netherlands, said on Tuesday.
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Webco Industries Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter net income of $5.08 million, a 9.1-percent jump from the same period a year earlier, on sales that rose 12 percent to $110.6 million.
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) voted Tuesday to revoke the existing anti-dumping duty order on steel reinforcing bar from Turkey.
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) voted Tuesday to revoke the existing anti-dumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey.
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ArcelorMittal USA Inc., Chicago, confirmed Tuesday that it will halt operations at its Georgetown, S.C., rod mill from Dec. 5 through Jan. 12.
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The United Steelworkers union’s Western Canada district has appointed Scott Lunny as the new assistant to director Stephen Hunt.
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Timken Co. has received a $16-million order to supply bearings for use on Indian Railways passenger and freight trains.
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ArcelorMittal USA Inc., Chicago, confirmed Tuesday that it will halt operations at its Georgetown, S.C., rod mill from Dec. 5 through Jan. 12.
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Traders and buyers of steel reinforcing bar say that domestic orders are nearly nonexistent and import offers are being spurned as well. Prospects appear to be dim, even taking seasonal factors into account.
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The number of drill rigs running in the United States decreased by 75 last week, with the largest decrease in Oklahoma (down 14). Meanwhile, the rig count in Canada increased by six in the same comparison.
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U.S. raw steel output totaled 1,197,000 tons last week, down 11.2 percent from 1,348,000 tons the previous week, as mills operated at an average capability utilization rate of 50.2 percent. It was the lowest weekly total since December 1984, when 1,185,000 tons were produced.
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U.S. raw steel output totaled 1,197,000 tons last week, down 11.2 percent from 1,348,000 tons the previous week, as mills operated at an average capability utilization rate of 50.2 percent. It was the lowest weekly total since December 1984, when 1,185,000 tons were produced.
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Flat-rolled steel processor and distributor Worthington Industries Inc., has appointed B. Andrew Rose as its new chief financial officer, effective immediately. Rose succeeds John S. Christie, who retired from the Columbus, Ohio-based company in July.
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ArcelorMittal USA Inc., Chicago, has reduced the number of workers it is laying off at its Burns Harbor, Ind., plant by 80 percent as a result of a deal with the United Steelworkers union.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined without comment to hear a Massey Energy Co. appeal of a $220-million jury verdict in favor of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., Wheeling, W.Va.
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China’s major stainless steel producers have introduced guidance price floors for traders in hopes of stabilizing market prices.