By Jennifer Bjorhus, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Jun. 22--It takes roughly four hours for workers to shred a flattened Dodge Ram pickup, melt it and roll the billets into steel rods at Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.'s minimill in St. Paul.

By Bruce V. Bigelow, The San Diego Union-Tribune Feb. 14--A joint venture formed in 2006 between San Diego-based Pacific Coast Steel and Brazil's Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. said yesterday it plans to acquire Century Steel of Las Vegas in a $151 million buyout.

By Anonymous North America's second-largest minimill steel producer, Gerdau Ameristeel Corp., is expanding its operations to New Orleans.

By ROBERT EVATT World Staff Writer Steel producer goes for $170 million Sheffield Steel Corp., the operator of Oklahoma's only steel mill, has agreed to be purchased by Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. in a deal worth $170 million.