Three-fourths of
all American steel
is recycled, part
of the industry’s
clear environmental commitment.

December 2009
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Top Stories

2008 Overall Steel Recycling Rate Hits All-Time High

Sustainability Benefits of Steel Promoted at USGBC Greenbuild International Conference and Expo

N.Y. Congressman, Ohio Senator, Administration Manufacturing Czar and EPA Administrator Address AISI Board in November

AISI Trains Students on Installation, Maintenance of Steel Utility Poles for Storm Restoration Program

AISI Publishes Design Flowchart for Using the North American Specification

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• Focus is on Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
• AISI Tackles Trade Issues
• AISI’s Krupitzer Testifies before the EPA and NHTSA on Benefits of Advanced High-Strength Steel Technologies

AISI Works to Get Climate Change Legislation Right

Papers Presented at the 5th International Congress on Science and Technology of Ironmaking

AISI and Steel Framing Alliance Commend Decision to Include Light-Frame Cold-Formed Steel Questions on P.E. Exam

AISI Thanks EPA and Congress for Compromise on Regulations for Large Vessels Sailing on the Great Lakes

AISI Co-Sponsors Cold-Formed Steel Structures Short Course

AISI “Tag-Teams” the ICC Code Development Process

AISI Steals the Show at the Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminar