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  • Analysis ‘exonerates’ Dyson: executive May 17, 2013

    Dyson Corp. has said that an analysis of steel anchor rods it made for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge "exonerates" the company on the failure of several of the rods.

  • Expect melt shop closures in US: Moll May 17, 2013

    At least two stainless steel melt shops in the United States could close in the next three years as the global market corrects for overcapacity, Markus Moll told delegates at the annual conference of the ISSF.

  • Steel industry must unite on trade: Rehwinkel May 17, 2013

    The steel industry faces major challenges in both the trade and regulatory arenas in the year ahead, according to Michael T. Rehwinkel, newly elected chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute.

  • Stainless pipe trade case filed vs. 3 nations May 17, 2013

    Bristol Metals LP, Felker Brothers Corp. and Outokumpu Stainless Pipe Inc. have filed a trade petition seeking imposition of anti-dumping duties against welded stainless pressure pipe, in outside diameters of less than 14-inch, from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

  • Shale boom a bonanza for steel: exec May 17, 2013

    The boom in shale oil and gas, and tar sands oil output is good news for America, as well as the U.S. energy and metals sectors, a Marathon Petroleum Corp. executive said May 16.

  • Darmayan elected ISSF chairman May 17, 2013

    The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) elected Aperam SA chief executive officer Phillippe Darmayan as its new chairman at its 17th annual conference in New Orleans.

  • CSN sees room for price hikes in Brazil as net sinks in qtr. May 17, 2013

    Flat steel prices from Brazil’s Cia. Siderúrgica Nacional SA (CSN) to its domestic market are expected to increase 5 to 8 percent sequentially during the second quarter, according to commercial executive director Luis Fernando Martinez.

  • Severstal’s Miss. mill moving up value chain May 17, 2013

    Severstal North America Inc. is looking to move up the value chain in the products it supplies from its Columbus, Miss., mill to pipe makers, particularly as end-users in oil and gas ratchet increase their requirements.

  • EU economic recovery may take 5 years: Klöckner’s Rühl May 17, 2013

    The European Union is going to have a very difficult time recovering from its sovereign debt crisis, banking crisis, structural crisis and competitive crisis, according to Gisbert Rühl, chairman and chief executive officer of Duisburg, Germany-based Klöckner & Co. SE.

  • ITA issues results in review vs. Korea plate May 17, 2013

    In the final results of an anti-dumping duty administrative review of imports of cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea from June 1, 2011, to May 31, 2012, the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) issued a weighted-average margin of zero to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd., Samsung C&T Corp. and TCC Steel Corp.

  • St. Louis Cold Drawn worker dies May 17, 2013

    A steelworker at St. Louis Cold Drawn Inc. was electrocuted May 15.

  • China’s daily crude steel output up again in early May May 17, 2013

    China’s daily crude steel output for the first 10 days of May reached 2.193 million tonnes, beating the daily record for April.

  • JFE Steel sets up China auto pipe venture May 17, 2013

    Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel Corp. has signed a joint-venture agreement to set up a steel pipe plant in China’s Zhejiang province to target automotive producers, it said May 16.

  • China driving iron ore futures screen trading: CME May 17, 2013

    Growing Chinese interest in the ferrous derivatives arena is driving iron ore futures screen trading, Martin Evans, CME Group Inc.’s director of metals products, told AMM sister publication Steel First in an interview May 16.

  • Future bright despite challenges: steel execs May 16, 2013

    Enforcing U.S. trade policy and capitalizing on low-priced natural gas will help U.S. steelmakers while offering broad economic benefits, including job creation and manufacturing growth, a number of steel executives said at an industry conference May 16.

  • Republic to gain $1.3B in U.S. Steel billet supply deal May 16, 2013

    Grupo Simec SAB de CV, parent company of Lorain, Ohio-based Republic Steel, expects to make about $1.3 billion over the life of a five-year billet supply deal with Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel Corp.’s tubular facility in Lorain.

  • Judge nixes extension in MM Steel suit May 16, 2013

    A federal judge has denied a six-month extension to a group of large steel mills and distributors named in a lawsuit brought by MM Steel LP alleging they conspired to drive MM Steel out of the market.

  • Outlook for US is weak, but still better than elsewhere May 16, 2013

    While the United States remains one of the strongest economies globally, lackluster growth and a large fiscal deficit may cause serious downward pressure in the near term, according to one economist.

  • Pipe distributors hope for flat-rolled cutback May 16, 2013

    Pipe and tube distributors say they would welcome a move by flat-rolled steelmakers to take capacity offline in order to prop up pricing for the substrate.

  • Steel mill shipments rise in March May 16, 2013

    U.S. steel mills shipped more than 7.92 million net tons in March, 6.5 percent higher than the 7.44 million tons shipped the previous month but down 6.9 percent from 8.51 million tons in March 2012, American Iron and Steel Institute data show.

  • Evraz NA’s Michael Rehwinkel new AISI chairman May 16, 2013

    Michael T. Rehwinkel, president and chief executive officer of Evraz Inc. North America, has been elected chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute.

  • West Coast structural tubing price hike erodes May 16, 2013

    The last vestiges of a West Coast hike of $30 per ton on structural steel tubing appear to be fading away as prices return to previous levels.

  • Brazil pig iron exports drop in April May 16, 2013

    Brazil’s merchant pig iron exports fell sharply in April, largely due to lower shipments to U.S. buyers.

  • Nucor opposes NC bill blocking LEED May 15, 2013

    The North Carolina House of Representatives has passed a bill that would effectively block the use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ratings for public projects, a move that Nucor Corp. protested because it could hurt steel mills in the region that sell construction-related products.

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