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Rio Tinto to implement driverless trucks

newsitemRio Tinto will put driverless trucks into a production iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region, following a five truck trial in its West Angelas mine. The company will deploy ten automated Komatsu haul trucks to the Junction South East pit of its Yandicoogina mine.

Della Martina retires from Woodside Petroleum

newsitemAfter 21 years with the company, Lucio Della Martina will retire from Woodside Petroleum. According to Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman, Della Martina will remain in charge of Pluto LNG and Woodside's Australian assets as executive vice-president, Australian business, until his departure.

Delta, JP Morgan may partner in refinery deal

  Delta Air Lines may partner with JP Morgan to help run the ConocoPhillips' idled 185,000 barrel per day Trainer, Pa., refinery, if the carrier decides to purchase the plant.

MRC prices initial public offering

newsitemMRC Global Inc. announced that it has priced its initial public offering of 22,727,273 shares of common stock at USD 21 per share.

B&W to supply NOX control equipment

newsitemThe Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced today that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.

Hamilton Metals Opens New Facility

  Hamilton Metals, one of the largest stocking distributors of Corrosion Resistant Alloys (CRA) for the exploration and production industry, has opened a new stocking facility in Edmonton, Alberta.

BP expands upstream exploration in Brazil

newsitem The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency approved BP’s farm-in to four deepwater exploration and production concessions in the Brazilian equatorial margin.

Bombardier bags order from Deutsche Bahn

newsitemBombardier Transportation will deliver 16 Bombardier Twindexx Vario multiple units to Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) for operation on the Kiel-Hamburg and Flensburg-Hamburg railway lines.

Foster Wheeler signs deal with Dow

Foster Wheeler announced that it’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Strategic Umbrella Agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) for the provision of project management, consulting, engineering, procurement, construction management, and construction services.

Collins Pipe & Supply Company acquires BurnsCascad

newsitemNew product lines, the purchase of a 16,000-plus square-foot distribution facility, seven new jobs, and the return of a well-known and highly-respected leader in the pipe, valve and fittings industry are just some of the advantages that came with Collins Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.’s recent acquisition of BurnsCascade Co., Inc., of Syracuse, NY.