Vale to restart Sudbury smelter despite strike
Vale has announced that they will soon restart their Sudbury, Ontario, smelter for the first time since a strike at the operation began during the summer. Allegheny Technologies begins producing titanium
Two and a half years after it was announced and 19 months after it broke ground, Allegheny Technologies USD 460 million facility in Rowley, Utah, US will begin producing titanium sponge immediately. German firm to build pipe plant in Mississippi
A German company will build a USD 300 million plant in NW Mississippi to manufacture stainless steel pipes for the oil and gas industry. Canada: natural gas pipeline
A Canadian panel assessing the socioeconomic and environmental impact of a proposed CAD16.2 billion natural gas pipeline in northern Canada has conditionally recommended approval of the project. Foster Wheeler approves Senior Leadership Successi
Foster Wheeler AG has announced that its Board of Directors has approved a senior leadership succession plan. 
Plymouth Tube Co. has named Bill Henricks to the position of energy group account executive. 
Langley Alloys (North Staffordshire, England) has announced the acquisition for an undisclosed sum of National Metal Distributors Inc. (NMD), based in Vancouver, Washington State, USA. 
O'Neal Steel Inc. has acquired the assets of Denman & Davis. Founded in 1888, Denman & Davis is the largest independent full line steel service center in the NE US with locations in New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. Currently, the company offers carbon, alloy, and stainless steel in plate, sheet, bars, structurals and tubing. 
AK Steel has announced that members of the United Autoworkers (UAW) Local 3462 have ratified a three-year extension to a labour agreement covering about 340 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company's Coshocton, Ohio, US Works. 
Credo Petroleum Corp., of Denver, Colorado, has reported that its Board of Directors has elected Marlis E Smith Jr. as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding James T Huffman, who will retire effective 15 January 2010.