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Nippon Steel Invests in Malaysian Steel Sheet Manufacturing Firm
Mar. 9, 2010 - Nippon Steel Corp. has reached an agreement with Yung Kong Galvanizing Industries Berhad (YKGI) to subscribe for redeemable convertible preference shares, which will be newly issued by YKGI around June 2010.

BHP Billiton Reaches Met Coal Agreements with Customers in Europe, Asia
Mar. 9, 2010 - BHP Billiton reaches terms for a significant portion of its hard coking coal volumes for 2010, including agreements with a range of customers in Europe, China, India and Japan.

Tata Steel Reports Production Increases for February
Mar. 9, 2010 - Tata Steel posted February increases in its hot metal (+13.5%), crude steel (+13%), and saleable steel (+0.4%) production compared to the corresponding month last year.

JSW Posts 69% Growth in Crude Steel Production
Mar. 9, 2010 - JSW Steel Ltd. reported crude steel production of 502,000 tonnes for February 2010 compared to 297,000 tonnes in the corresponding month last fiscal year, up 69%.

Universal Stainless Announces Base Price Increases
Mar. 9, 2010 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products announces base price increases of 3% to 5% on stainless and low alloy grade products manufactured at its Bridgeville and Dunkirk facilities.

Outokumpu, Ruukki Affected by Stevedores Strike in Finland
Mar. 9, 2010 - Outokumpu reports that the strike of the Finnish stevedores has started to impact its operations in Röyttä harbor in Tornio. At Ruukki, the strike will initially affect the transportation of steel products for export, which will be evident in longer delivery times.

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Supplies Stainless Steel for Metro Trains in Hamburg
Mar. 8, 2010 - The DT5 multiple unit train, developed by the consortium Alstom/Bombardier Transportation under a contract from Hamburger Hochbahn AG, makes extensive use of Nirosta 4318 stainless steel from ThyssenKrupp Nirosta.

Essar Group, Denham Capital Announce Purchase-Sale Agreement for Trinity Coal
Mar. 8, 2010 - Essar Group, through its Essar Minerals subsidiary, and Denham Capital recently announced a definitive agreement by which Denham will sell its ownership of Trinity Coal to Essar for US $600 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of March.

Corus Subsidiary Announces £8.3 Million Steel Support Package
Mar. 8, 2010 - UK Steel Enterprise, the Corus subsidiary that helps the economic regeneration of communities impacted by steel industry changes, announces an £8.3m package of support measures in the wake of the recent job losses at Teesside.

Tenova Core Installs Walking Beam Reheat Furnaces at Hyundai Steel
Mar. 8, 2010 - Tenova Core has recently completed the successful start-up of two 235-tonnes/hour walking beam furnaces for reheating slabs for a new plate mill at Hyundai Steel’s Dangjin, South Korea, plant.

Baosteel's TMCP Ship Plate Enters Ship Building Market
Mar. 8, 2010 - Baosteel Co., Ltd. recently supplied TMCP (thermo mechanical control process) ship plate in batches to STX Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. of Korea.

Steel Import Permits Decline 7% in February
Mar. 5, 2010 - Steel import permit applications totaled 1,530,000 net tons for the month of February, a 7% decrease from the 1,644,000 permit tons recorded in January according to the latest report from AISI.

Superior Ships Components for EAF Revamp at North Star Bluescope
Mar. 5, 2010 - Superior Machine Co. of S.C., Inc. has completed and shipped the major components for an upcoming revamp of North Star BlueScope Steel, LLC’s electric arc furnace. Superior’s field service crew is in the process of reassembling the tilt platform, bottom shell (hearth), and upper shell onsite.

Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Magnesia Carbon Brick from China, Mexico
Mar. 5, 2010 - The Department of Commerce announced on March 4 that it preliminarily determined that Chinese and Mexican producers/exporters have sold magnesia carbon brick in the United States between 132.74 and 349.00%, and 54.73% less than normal value, respectively.

AISI Supports Efforts to Halt EPA Regulation of Stationary Sources
Mar. 5, 2010 - The American Iron and Steel Institute applauds efforts in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent “economically damaging action” by the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources.

Severstal Acquires Lucchini Family’s Stake in Lucchini SpA
Mar. 5, 2010 - OAO Severstal has acquired the Lucchini family’s 20.2% stake in Lucchini SpA.

Outokumpu Oyj Unaffected by Finnish Harbor Workers' Strike
Mar. 5, 2010 - Outokumpu announces that the strike of Finnish harbor workers does not have any material impact on its exports or imports. The private part of the Röyttä harbor, which only serves Tornio Works, is expected to operate “almost normally” with the help of subcontractors.

Nucor, Mitsui to Form Steel Processing Joint Venture
Mar. 4, 2010 - Nucor Corp. and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) have entered into a 50-50 joint venture in which newly created NuMit LLC will own and operate a flat rolled steel processing network and other steel related projects throughout North America.

Danieli TMB Wire Rod Rolling Technology at Pangang Group
Mar. 4, 2010 - Two plants fitted with Twin Module Block® (TMB) technology from Danieli were started up at the end of 2009 at the Pangang Group in P.R. China: Changcheng Special Steels and Chenghdu Iron & Steels.

TMK IPSCO to Open New Production Facility in Marcellus Shale Region
Mar. 4, 2010 - TMK IPSCO has signed a lease on a building in Brookfield, Ohio, where it will install new equipment to further expand the threading capacity of its ULTRA Premium Connections product line. The facility is expected to begin operations during the second quarter of this year.

PBS Coals Appoints New CEO
Mar. 4, 2010 - Coals Inc. recently appointed Lynn Shanks as CEO. He assumed the position on February 18.

Tube City IMS Names New Manager for Carolinas, Tennessee
Mar. 4, 2010 - Tube City IMS, LLC recently announced that Bruce C. Campbell has joined the company as Manager - Carolina Trading. He will be based at the company's trading office in Pawleys Island, S.C.

AK Steel to Increase Prices for Carbon Steel Products
Mar. 3, 2010 - AK Steel announced that it will increase spot market base prices by $40 per ton, effective immediately with all new orders for its carbon steel products.

Tenova Core Supplies Large Rotary Hearth Furnace at Mesabi Nugget
Mar. 3, 2010 - Tenova Core recently supplied a new rotary hearth furnace at the Mesabi Nugget facility in Hoyt Lakes, Minn., with an annual design capacity of 500,000 tons of iron nuggets.

Injection Technology Commissioned at BGH Edelstahl Siegen EAF
Mar. 3, 2010 - Since July 2009, BGH Edelstahl Siegen's 42-tonne EAF has been equipped with an aluminum fines fix injection technology for the production of stainless steel grades. The equipment was supplied by More srl.

Ruukki Releases Report on 2009 Environmental Responsibility
Mar. 3, 2010 - Ruukki claims in its 2009 corporate environmental report that it made progress in the energy efficiency of production with the aim of achieving energy savings of 9%, compared to 2005 levels, by 2016. The company spent a total of EUR 21 million on environmental investments in 2009.

Evraz Wins License to Develop Mezhegey Coal Deposit
Mar. 3, 2010 - Evraz Group S.A. has won the tender to develop the Mezhegey coal deposit in the Republic of Tyva, Russia. The company expects to receive the relevant license within two months.

Corus Sells Stake in Tar Distillation Plant to Koppers
Mar. 3, 2010 - Corus Staal BV and Cindu BV recently sold their shares in Cindu Chemicals BV to Koppers International BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koppers Holdings Inc., for an undisclosed consideration.

Nucor Subsidiary Acquires Ocala Recycling
Mar. 2, 2010 - Nucor Corp.’s wholly owned subsidiary, The David J. Joseph Co. (DJJ), has acquired the assets and business of Ocala Recycling LLC, currently a subsidiary of Blaze Metals LLC. DJJ will operate the Ocala facilities as part of Trademark Metals Recycling LLC.

Essar Steel Algoma Announces Scholarship Program
Mar. 2, 2010 - Essar Steel Algoma has launched a corporate scholarship program that offers two distinct scholarships: The Scholarship of Distinction, which targets university-bound students, and the Scholarship of Merit, which is aimed at students who elect to attend college.