Company News

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AK Steel names VP

AK Steel has named Gary T Barlow VP, Sales and Customer Service, effective 1 September 2010.  Mr Barlow succeeds Douglas W Gant, who is retiring after 30 years of service to the company. Gary Barlow joined AK Steel in May of 2010 from

Alcoa names Kevin Anton chief sustainability offic

Alcoa has announced that Kevin J Anton has been named Chief Sustainability Officer, responsible for developing a comprehensive strategy that integrates all of the company's sustainability efforts. Mr Anton, who has led the Alcoa Sustainability

USA: horizontal well at shale oil project

American Petro-Hunter Inc. has announced that the company is finalizing plans to drill a horizontal oil well on the North Oklahoma Project leases located in Payne County, Oklahoma.

Ryerson opens service center in Mexico

Ryerson Inc., a distributor and processor of metals in North America, has opened a new service center in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Hoover names Underwood as Sales Manager

Hoover has named William (Bill) Underwood as Sales Manager for the Western US Region.

ADMA wins grant to test titanium

ADMA has announced that a national project they are leading has won a USD 3.3 million grant from the US Department of Energy.

Arc Energy appointments

Arc Energy Resources has made a number of key appointments to its sales and production teams.

US Steel posts 2Q loss

On 27 July 2010, United States Steel Corp. posted a second-quarter loss, although it was smaller than a year ago as sales more than doubled.

Vale CEO reacts to strikers

Vale CEO Roger Agnelli has accused the United Steelworkers of America of being conflict-oriented towards the Brazilian miner in their recent year-long strike at their nickel mining and processing operations in Sudbury and Port Colborne.

Canadian Arrow update on nickel projects

Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd has reported its compilation and re-interpretation of past exploration results on its wholly owned Alexo and Kelex mines located 50km east of Timmins, Ontario, and has identified seven mineralized zones under evaluation for resumed mining extraction.