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SAIL to Add Steelmaking Capability at Salem Steel Plant
Sep. 8, 2008 - The Steel Authority of India celebrates its program to modernize and expand the Salem Steel Plant into a fully integrated steel plant with the capacity to produce 180,000 tonnes per annum of stainless steel slabs.

SMS Demag Starts up Continuous Bloom Caster at Ural Steel
Sep. 8, 2008 - SMS Demag puts a four-strand continuous bloom caster into operation for Ural Steel; the plant is rated for an annual production of one million tonnes.

Northwest Pipe Announces Two New Projects
Sep. 8, 2008 - Northwest Pipe is named as pipe supplier for major water pipeline projects in Los Angeles and Aurora, Colo.

Tata Steel and Tata Workers Union Agree on Annual Bonus
Sep. 8, 2008 - Tata Steel and the Tata Workers' Union sign Memorandum of Settlement for the annual bonus for the accounting year 2007-2008.

Tube City IMS Completes Acquisition of Hanson Resource Management
Sep. 8, 2008 - Tube City IMS completes the acquisition of Hanson Resource Management Limited and its subsidiary Hanson Support Services Limited.

Middletown Tube Works Selects Verticent ERP
Sep. 8, 2008 - Middletown Tube Works begin implementing the Verticent ERP solution at its Middletown facility as well as at sister plants Shelby Welded Tube and Dothan Tubular Products.

Novolipetsk Steel to Acquire Beta Steel for US400 million
Sep. 5, 2008 - Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Russia, signs a definitive agreement to acquire Beta Steel, Portage, Ind., for an all-cash consideration of USD400 million, on a debt free, cash free basis.

Nucor Announces New Addition to Board of Directors
Sep. 5, 2008 - Nucor announces the election of Christopher J. Kearney, Chairman, President and CEO of SPX Corp., to its board of directors effective October 1, 2008.

Rio Tinto Continues to Invest in Canadian Iron Ore Expansion
Sep. 5, 2008 - Rio Tinto approves a $US193-million capital expenditure to expand the magnetite plant at Iron Ore Co. of Canada, and a US$75 million investment for completion of a feasibility study on the third-phase expansion.

Gerdau to Make Siderperú one of the Largest Steel Mills in South America
Sep. 5, 2008 - Gerdau will invest US$ 1.4 billion to increase the production capacity of Siderperú to 3 million tonnes by 2013, transforming it into one of the largest steel mills in South America.

Mechel Completes Repair of Coking Battery at Chelyabinsk
Sep. 5, 2008 - Mechel OAO has completed the repair of Coking Battery No. 4 at its Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, bringing the facility’s total annual output up to 440,000 tonnes of commercial coke.

SMS Meer to Supply PQF Tube Mill for ArcelorMittal JV in Saudi Arabia
Sep. 5, 2008 - SMS Meer will supply a PQF (premium quality finishing) seamless tube plant for ArcelorMittal’s joint venture OCTG plant with the Saudi Bin Jarallah Group.

Steel Import Permit Applications Shrink 21% in August
Sep. 4, 2008 - Steel import permit applications totaled 2,363,000 net tons in August 2008, a 21% decrease from the 2,991,000 permit tons recorded in July 2008, and a 17% decline from the July preliminary imports total of 2,842,000 net tons, according to the latest report from the American Iron and Steel Institute.

ArcelorMittal and Kalagadi Manganese Move Ahead with Manganese Venture
Sep. 4, 2008 - Kalagadi Manganese and ArcelorMittal implement their previously announced joint venture for developing Kalagadi’s manganese deposits, following ArcelorMittal’s USD 432.5 million payment to subscribe for a 50% interest in Kalagadi Manganese.

Severstal Confirms Fatality at Sparrows Point
Sep. 4, 2008 - Severstal confirms that an industrial incident on Wednesday at its Sparrows Point facility resulted in one fatality.