Nine Kosice steelmakers gain ministerial decorations
Banska Stiavnica, the most beautiful old mining town in Slovakia, inscribed in UNESCO's World Cultural and Natural Heritage List, was the venue last week for the
Salamander Days, official celebrations of the town's rich history and traditions. Nowadays it is not possible to imagine this event, which has been held every year since 1991, without the
celebration of Miners', Geologists', Steelmakers' and Oilmen's Day, renewed with nationwide coverage nearly two decades ago. This year's event took place on September 12, attended by SR national
Council members, Minister for Environment Peter Ziga, State Secretaries of the Ministry for Trade and Industry Miroslav Obert and the Ministry for Employment, Social Affairs and Family Branislav
Ondrus, President of the Association of Metallurgy, Mining Industries and Geology Vladimir Jacko, President of the Confederation of Labor Unions Jozef Kollar, and other guests including a group
of steelmakers led by U. S. Steel Kosice President George F. Babcoke.
Moral recognition of professional skills, personal commitment, working and personal values in the form of medals of honor from the SR Minister for Trade and Industry
"For Devotion to Work" and "For Loyalty to Work" were presented by State Secretary Miroslav Obert and President of the Labor Union for Mines, Geology and Oil Industry Jozef Skrobak to nine
employees of U. S. Steel Kosice: Mikulas Hintos (KOVO Labor Union), Michal Hlipala (Cold Rolling Mill Division), Karol Kohut (OBAL-SERVIS), Ladislav Kopka (Power Engineering Division),
Jozef Koscelnik (RMS, a.s.), Julius Nemeth (Shipping Division), Marian Pulik (Blast Furnaces Division), Marko Rentka (Equipment Reliability) and Pavol Szciranka (Power Engineering Division).
Week of Ethics and Maintaining Principles
As in every year, during September of this year as well our Company together with all the other plants in the United States Steel Corporation is joining in a Week of Ethics and Maintaining Principles. From September 22 to 26 in various ways we will be recalling our joint commitment: To Do What Is Right. At the same time throughout the Corporation several employees who set an example of strong moral character through their behavior and firm morale will be awarded the title of Champion of Ethics and Maintaining Principles.
We rank among the leading producers of tin-plated sheet
At the end of August, Dresden in Germany was the venue for the prestigious International Conference on Textures of Materials or ICOTOM17. This event, which is concerned with issues of structure and texture of materials, especially rolled and cast metals, has a great reputation in the world, and is organized at three-year intervals on various continents. The conference provides opportunities for meetings and discussions between representatives of the academic community as well as specialists from various branches of industry with many years of practical experience. The latest, 17th edition saw almost 300 guests taking part, including two from U. S. Steel Kosice. Our Company was represented by R&D specialists Martin Cernik and Peter Vranec from the Department of the General Manager for Research and Development USSE. They contributed to the quality of the conference with presentations focusing on our canning sheets.
