AK Steel Announces News Media and Government Relations Contact

Published on Monday, 23 January 2012 08:57 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that, effective February 1, 2012, the company's contact for news media relations and government relations will be Barry L. Racey, Director, Government and Public Relations.  The company is providing the new contact information following the announced retirement of Alan H. McCoy, Vice President, Government and Public Relations, which is effective on January 31, 2012.

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AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets.  The company employs about 6,200 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.  Additional information about AK Steel is available on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.

AK Tube LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.  AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.  Additional information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at www.aktube.com. 

AK Coal Resources, Inc., another wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel, owns or leases metallurgical coal reserves in Somerset County, PA.  AK Steel also owns 49.9% of Magnetation LLC, a joint venture headquartered in Grand Rapids, MN, which produces iron ore concentrate from previously mined ore reserves. 

SOURCE AK Steel