According to local authorities, HAZMAT teams and the Lorain Fire Department were dispatched to Lorain, Ohio-based Republic Steel Thursday after chemical fumes led to a plant evacuation. In a statement, the company identified the location ...
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The US Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Monday that Lorain, Ohio-based Republic Steel has agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine and "settle alleged health and safety violations" at four of its ...
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Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with its trading affiliate Shinsho Corporation, Japan companies Metal One Corporation and Osaka Seiko Ltd, and US-based Republic Steel to consider ...
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Republic Steel Executive Vice President-Commercial Ted Thielens said this week that the company’s new EAF is almost ready to resume production after weeks of repairs necessitated by a fire on November 30 that destroyed control ...
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A fire that broke out Saturday at Republic Steel’s Lorain, Ohio plant injured five workers and caused millions in dollars in damage, according to a statement from the company.The fire reportedly occurred during the hot commissioning ...
Republic Steel announced Tuesday that it has initiated hot commissioning of its new electric arc furnace (EAF) in Lorain, Ohio. The initial heats will be cast into 6-inch x 6-inch billets and will be rolled on the 9/10-inch rolling mill, ...
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On Tuesday, the US Department of Labor's Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said that Ohio-based SBQ producer Republic Steel was cited for 24 safety violations carrying fines of $1,138,500. Fifteen willful violations of ...
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Canton, Ohio-based special bar quality (SBQ) steel producer Republic Steel said late Monday that it experienced a failure at the transformer that supplies power to the #7 Furnace in the Canton, Ohio melt shop on Friday, August 2, 2013. ...
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Ohio-based Republic Steel, a subsidiary of Mexican Simec SAB de CV has contracted with United State Steel Corporation(USSC) to supply maximum of 450,000 tons of tube rounds for USSC's tubular products from its new installed Electric Arc ...
Mexican holding company Grupo Simec SAB de CV announced Monday that its subsidiary, Ohio-based Republic Steel has entered into a five year supply agreement with United States Steel Corporation, to provide Tube Rounds to the US Steel Tubular ...
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Switzerland-based plantmaker SMS Concast has announced that it will supply a 150-ton electric arc furnace (EAF) and process equipment for the US-based steelmaker Republic Steel, to be installed at its Lorain, Ohio plant. The new electric ...
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Reportedly, Ohio-based Timken said that the company has planned to retain of new SBQ production capacity scheduled in the US at the moment. Currently, the company has already spent approximately US$225 million to boost its ...
Optima Specialty Steel Inc said that demand for specialty-steel products used in hydraulic fracking is poised to continue rising next year as energy companies step up exploration and production in shale-rock formations. Mr Kevin Stevick ...
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