Manufacturers buck wire rod tariff hike.
Local wire rod manufacturers are against the government's decision in reducing further the tariff rates on imported wire rod.The government earlier scrapped the tariff shield on wire rods used in making nails by reducing tariff rates to three percent from the current rate of seven percent. The...

NSC receiver asks gov't for help in anti-dumping case.
The Interim Receivership Committee (IRC) of the National Steel Corp. (NSC) has asked the government to waive the domestic industry requirement to enable the company to pursue its anti-dumping case against foreign steelmakers. In a letter to Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II, IRC chair...

Enterprise and double cross; at the heart of America's industrial decline is a culture of mistrust.
ENTERPRISE AND DOUBLE CROSS In 1985, soon after the Reagan administrationarranged quotas on the importation of foreign steel, the U.S. Steel Corporation dropped plans for new investment in a Utah facility. Instead, it opted to import semi-finished slabs from South Korea to feed its West Coast finishing mills....

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc. Wins $2 Million New Refractory Product Contract with a Chinese Steel Mill.
GONGYI, China, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CHGS) ("Gengsheng" or "the Company"), a materials technology company in China with products capable of withstanding high temperature, saving energy and boosting productivity in certain industries such as steel and oil, today announced that it has signed...

BullMarket.com Examines Steel Stocks.
PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- BullMarket.com (http://www.bullmarket.com/), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, has provided subscribers with investment coverage on several steel stocks, including Nucor , Steel Dynamics , ArcelorMittal , and U.S. Steel , among many others. All paid and...

U. S. Steel Announces Management Change at Fairfield Works.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel Corporation , announced today that Ladislav Halaj has been appointed general manager of Fairfield Works effective Jan. 1, succeeding Merle Stein, who will retire after 38 years of service with the company. "Throughout his long and distinguished career, Merle...

U. S. Steel Names Robert Y. Kopf III General Manager-Sales.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel Corporation , announced today that Robert Y. Kopf III has been appointed general manager-sales effective Jan. 1, replacing Don L. Cook, Jr., who will retire after 43 years of service with the company. "Don dedicated his entire career to...

Republic Announces Representation by Westmet International.
FAIRLAWN, Ohio, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Republic Engineered Products Inc., North America's largest producer of special bar quality (SBQ) steel, today announced that Westmet International began representing its Cold-Finished Bar Products Division on Dec. 1, 2008, in the western U.S. and western Canada. The manufacturer's representative firm,...

Insteel Industries Announces Guidance for First Quarter.
MOUNT AIRY, N.C., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Insteel Industries, Inc. today announced guidance for its first quarter ending December 27, 2008. While the Company had not previously provided numerical guidance for the first quarter, it now expects to report a loss for the period. The Company's order entry rate...

China Precision Steel Increasing Market Share of High-Precision Cold-Rolled Steel.
SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- China Precision Steel , a niche precision steel processing Company principally engaged in producing and selling high precision, cold-rolled steel products, today announced that its market share is expanding as the Company is receiving increased orders from manufacturers in China and Africa. ...