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Steel Import Permits Decrease 15 Percent August Import Market Share at 20 Percent
09/01/2010- Washington, D.C. - Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that steel import permit applications for the month of August totaled 2,082,000 net tons (NT).
North American Steel Industry Honors the Steel Food Can
08/27/2010- PITTSBURGH, August 24, 2010 — Investor company members of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) are celebrating two hundred years of food can innovation and honoring households across America that incorporate canned food into recipes and meals. Canned food provides a safe, convenient way to deliver a healthy meal to the dinner table.
Preliminary Steel Imports up 19% in July
08/24/2010- Washington, D.C. – Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that the U.S. imported a total of 2,415,000 net tons (NT) of steel in July, including 1,797,000 NT of finished steel (up 19% and 15% respectively from June data).
Justin Ocel, Ph.D., P.E. is Recipient of 2010 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Lecture
08/19/2010- WASHINGTON, D.C. – AISI’s Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) Steel Bridge Task Force and the AASHTO (American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials) Technical Committee for Structural Steel Design have named Justin Ocel, Ph.D., P.E., as the 2010 recipient of the Robert J. Dexter Memorial Lecture.
June Steel Shipments Down 0.7 Percent From May
08/16/2010- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of June 2010, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,292,203 net tons, a 0.7 percent decrease from the 7,345,455 net tons shipped in the previous month, May 2010, and a 52.0 percent increase from the 4,797,256 net tons shipped in June 2009.
American Iron and Steel Institute Kicks Off “Steelworks” Blog
08/11/2010- Washington, D.C.– The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has unveiled its first official blog, SteelWorks, today that will focus on AISI’s public policy agenda and highlight critical policy issues that affect the steel industry.
AISI Seeks New Members for Its Seismic Design Subcommittee
08/11/2010- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) is seeking experts on seismic design and the analysis of cold-formed steel structural systems to participate on its Seismic Design Subcommittee.
Steel Import Permits Increase 15%
08/04/2010- Washington, D.C. - Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that steel import permit applications for the month of July totaled 2,323,000 net tons (NT). This was a 15% increase from the 2,023,000 permit tons recorded in June and a 17% increase from the June preliminary imports total of 1,981,000 NT.

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AK Steel Adding Jobs
09/02/2010- Increased orders are boosting productivity at AK Steel, meaning hundreds of new jobs at the Middletown Works, according to a report in the Hamilton Journal-News.
SSAB Steps Up Plate Output On Stronger Demand
09/01/2010- SSAB’s Oxelösund steelworks in Sweden has hired around 100 additional staff over the course of the year in response to strong foreign demand for the plant’s speciality plate products, particularly from Asia. “We are hoping to expand output”, the plant's chief, Per Ahl, told local newspaper Södermanlands Nyheter, “and are still looking for staff.”
Steel Blasts Ruling On China Currency
09/01/2010- PITTSBURGH - If the U.S. Commerce Department won't investigate China's alleged practice of manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages, the North American steel industry is hoping Congress will.
ArcelorMittal’s Ruhrort Rod Mill To Start Up In 2011/12
08/31/2010- The new wire rod mill planned by ArcelorMittal at its Duisburg-Ruhrort site in Germany is scheduled to be fully installed by the end of 2011, Steel Business Briefing learns from a company spokesman. SMS Meer was contracted to supply the mill’s equipment over two years ago, but the project was then suspended because of the global economic downturn. ArcelorMittal announced it was reviving the project in February this year.
US Coalition Supports Proposed Changes To US Trade Laws
08/31/2010- A coalition including American steel industry players is throwing its support behind the changes to US trade laws proposed last week by the US government.
US Foreign Trade Plan Could Irk China
08/28/2010- WASHINGTON -- The United States on Thursday announced plans to toughen rules against what it sees as unfair foreign trade practices, proposing a number of changes likely to irk China, its biggest import supplier.
Bricklaying Ceremony For New Coke Plant A Milestone Event For AK Steel
08/26/2010- AK Steel's Chairman, President and CEO James L. Wainscott said that the ceremonial bricklaying event for a new SunCoke Energy Inc. plant in Middletown, Ohio, held today, represents a milestone event for AK Steel and for the Middletown community.
EPA Regulation Will Result In U.S. Job Loss And Greater Greenhouse Gas Emissions
08/26/2010- The EPA is poised to implement their economically damaging regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from steel facilities in January.
Deere Quits Cap-And-Trade Coalition
08/26/2010- Deere & Co. has quietly dropped out of a coalition of large companies that has supported a cap-and-trade program for reducing carbon-dioxide emissions.

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