Engineering steel news

Japanese steel mills seeking SBQ plate price hikes from Korea - SteelGuru

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:53 GMT

Japanese steel mills seeking SBQ plate price hikes from Korea
SteelGuru
For an indicator, Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corp has raised its domestic sales price of heavy plates by JPY 200 per tonne for July shipments. ...

and more »

Aerocom Metals expands to Coventry - PR Inside

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:27 GMT

2009-07-03 15:25:03 - A rising company supplying steel to key areas of the aerospace and motorsport industries is proving its ‘metal’ after expanding into a new unit. Aerocom Metals Limited has just completed a successful first year of trading ...

Music on the Beach concert series continues Thursday at Sunset Beach ... - St. Petersburg Times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:50 GMT

TARPON SPRINGS Picture brilliant sunsets, the soothing sounds of lapping waves mingled with steel drums, Dixieland jazz or "golden oldies." Add the appeal of being able to dig your toes in the warm sand and chill out in a beach chair while munching ...

Shipping giant’s new era - This is Southampton

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:13 GMT

THE dream was due to become reality as the giant steel skeleton was gently lowered into place signalling the birth of a new Southampton ship in Italy today. Soon, the bare metal bones will be transformed into a great ocean-going vessel proudly ...

AK Steel Announces August 2009 Surcharges for Electrical and Stainless ... - PR Newswire

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:59 GMT

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) has advised its customers that a $75 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in August 2009. August 2009 surcharges for the broad ...

Mark Steel: The media's Michael Jackson circus - Belfast Telegraph

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:01 GMT

Within minutes of the first reports, it was clear the world was going mad. The reporter on Radio 5 Live told us the news from Los Angeles "was truly a JFK moment". Because the sense of shock and grief were identical, in one case millions feeling a ...

Mark Steel: The macabre details of Michael Jackson's death - The Independent

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:36 GMT

PSDP allocation for CDA rises to Rs 2.5bn - Daily Times

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40 GMT

PSDP allocation for CDA rises to Rs 2.5bn
Daily Times
... Rs 349 million for construction of a second hanger (pre-engineering steel structure) at Islamabad Heliport; Rs 200 million for construction of permanent ...

and more »

Corus to cut 379 jobs at Stocksbridge works - Look Local

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:05 GMT

Look Local

Corus to cut 379 jobs at Stocksbridge works
Look Local
Corus pointed out that in the automotive sector, for example, demand for engineering steel has reduced by more than 70%, while in the oil and gas sector, ...
Corus to axe around 2000 UK jobsEnvironmental Expert (press release)

all 8 news articles »

SBQ and CHQ steel prices - Notice to SBB readers - Steel Business Briefing (subscription)

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:06 GMT

SBQ and CHQ steel prices - Notice to SBB readers
Steel Business Briefing (subscription)
Steel Business Briefing is considering publishing regular prices for engineering steel/SBQ products and CHQ wire rod. We are trying to assess the level of ...

and more »

Several engineering steel scrap surcharges fall in July - Steel Business Briefing (subscription)

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:06 GMT

Several engineering steel scrap surcharges fall in July
Steel Business Briefing (subscription)
In Germany, engineering steel producers Saarstahl and Georgsmarienhütte will both apply scrap surcharges of €66/tonne in July, €20/t lower than in June. ...

and more »

JOBS CRISIS: A pale shadow of former glory - The Star

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:49 GMT

JOBS CRISIS: A pale shadow of former glory
The Star
Corus blames the cutbacks on 70 per cent fall in demand for engineering steel in the car industry and an 80 per cent decline in demand in the oil and gas ...

and more »

SIDE STREETS: Fillmore bridge's tilted parts don't mean it's unsafe - Colorado Springs Gazette

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:56 GMT

Jordan Strub was riding his bicycle on the Pikes Peak Greenway trail when he looked up at the bridge carrying Fillmore Street high over the trail and Monument Creek. Between the horizontal steel girders of the bridge and the vertical concrete piers ...

RPT-UPDATE 3-Steelmaker Corus to cut nearly 2000 British jobs - Reuters

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:37 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

RPT-UPDATE 3-Steelmaker Corus to cut nearly 2000 British jobs
Reuters
Of the jobs to be cut in Britain, some 800 will go from Corus's engineering steel sites in the northern English towns of Rotherham and Stocksbridge, while in the Netherlands, the jobs will go from the Corus Tubes division. ...
Tata Steel consolidated net down 61% on demand dip Hindu Business Line
2000 steel jobs to be axed The Sun
Corus to ax more than 2000 jobs eTaiwan News
MRW
all 368 news articles

Judge intervenes in Republic/American Axle dispute - Steel Business Briefing (subscription)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:18 GMT

Judge intervenes in Republic/American Axle dispute
Steel Business Briefing (subscription), UK
A Michigan judge has ordered Republic Engineered Products to continue shipping engineering steel to American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM), pending settlement of a supply dispute that AAM claimed could ultimately shut down car production. ...

Court Order and Opinion - American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. -v ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:03 GMT

Court Order and Opinion - American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. -v ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY
Republic Engineered Products, Inc., is North America's leading supplier of special bar quality (SBQ) steel, a highly engineered product used in axles, drive trains, suspensions and other critical components of automobiles, off-highway vehicles and ...

Republic Engineered Products ordered to resume steel shipments - Canton Repository

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:55 GMT

Republic Engineered Products ordered to resume steel shipments
Canton Repository, OH
By Staff and wire report An Oakland County, Mich., circuit judge has ordered Republic Engineered Products to resume shipments of steel to beleaguered auto parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing. Republic halted shipments last month, seeking volume ...
Michigan judge orders Republic Engineered Products of Canton to ... The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Court Order and Opinion - American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. -v ... PR Newswire (press release)
Court: American Axle supplier must resume shipping The Associated Press
Automotive News - Metalbulletin.com (subscription)
all 77 news articles

Timken commissions expanded bar mill at Harrison Steel - SteelGuru

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:50 GMT

Timken commissions expanded bar mill at Harrison Steel
SteelGuru, India
With this expansion, Timken is able to extend the product size range, increased the mill capacity and improved the quality of the SBQ bars produced in the range from 25 mm to 127 mm (round). This reflects the high performance capability of the mill and ...
Timken commissions Ohio bar mill expansion Steel Business Briefing (subscription)
all 2 news articles

Imports take 10% of Brazilian tool steel market - Steel Business Briefing (subscription)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:07 GMT

Imports take 10% of Brazilian tool steel market
Steel Business Briefing (subscription), UK
This tonnage does not include engineering steel bars. The Brazilian market consumes around 25000 t/y of all forms of tool steel, according to another source from São Paulo who has been importing tool steel from Europe. The imports reach between 7-8000 ...

Lear Vendors Seek Cash Payment on Bankruptcy Concern - Bloomberg

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:39 GMT

Lear Vendors Seek Cash Payment on Bankruptcy Concern
Bloomberg
... order a steel supplier to resume shipments after the company stopped delivery in May, according to court papers. American Axle said in the documents filed June 2 that Republic Engineered Products Inc. halted shipments 17 months into a 4-year contract.

Keeping the Corus workforce healthy - The Star

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:18 GMT

Keeping the Corus workforce healthy
The Star, UK
FIFTY five, fat and far from fit. I could have told you all that before Hazel Hubbard started the 'Fitech' health check in the medical centre at Corus Engineering Steel's Rotherham plant. What I couldn't have told you was how fat, how unfit and what ...

American Axle and Steel Bar Supplier Republic Engineered Products ... - MetalMiner

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:02 GMT

American Axle and Steel Bar Supplier Republic Engineered Products ...
MetalMiner, IL
By Wednesday, a case between Tier One automotive supplier American Axle and it's steel bar supplier Republic Engineered Products could get resolved when a judge presiding over the case makes a decision as to whether or not Republic has to ship the ...
Republic Engineered Products-American Axle lawsuit could be ... The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
American Axle suing Republic Engineered Steel Steel Business Briefing (subscription)
AAM claims supply pact breach in Republic suit American Metal Market
Automotive News - Purchasing.com
all 10 news articles

Imports of special steel bars drop 23.8% in Brazil - Steel Business Briefing (subscription)

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:13 GMT

Imports of special steel bars drop 23.8% in Brazil
Steel Business Briefing (subscription)
The imports mostly include engineering steel bars consumed by the automotive, machine and equipment sectors. In Brazil, SBQ bar is mainly produced at the ...

and more »

South Korean shipbuilders to squeeze SBQ plate import prices - SteelGuru

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:57 GMT

South Korean shipbuilders to squeeze SBQ plate import prices
SteelGuru, India
At present, the domestic prices of ship plates by POSCO and Donkuk Steel are higher than that from China and Japan. South Korea 2008 ship plate consumption broke 10 million tonnes over 30% of which were imported from China and above 15% of which were ...