Decvember 31, 2020 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. leadership appointments for the company's new Southwest-Sinton Flat Roll Steel Division, its Columbus Flat Roll Steel Division, and a new position for the company's flat roll steel metallics strategy.

Dennis Black will become  general manager of the company's new Southwest-Sinton Flat Roll Steel Division effective Feb. 1, 2021. In his new role, Black will oversee the operations of the company's new Sinton, Texas flat roll steel mill that is expected to begin operations mid-year 2021. Since 2016, Black has been general manager of the company's Vulcan Steel Products Division.

Black was part of the team that built SDI's first flat roll steel mill in 1994, serving in several engineering and operational roles in the melt shop.  He eventually served as the hot strip mill manager at the company's Butler Flat Roll Division. Black also held leadership positions within the company's long products steel operations, as a rolling mill manager and hot mill manager at the Structural and Rail Division.

Madhu Ranade, who has spent seven years as vice president and general manager of SDI's Columbus Flat Roll Steel Division, will now oversee the procurement of iron and iron substitutes for all flat roll operations. He has 43 years of steel industry experience.

Daniel Keown has succeeded Ranada as GM for Columbus Flat Roll Steel Division. He is managing a 3.2-million-ton electric arc furnace steel mill and four value-added coating lines. Since 2014, Keown led the  Engineered Bar Products Division.  Keown joined SDI in 1998 as a process engineer at the Butler Flat Roll Division and held various positions of increasing responsibility.