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. Universal Stainless announces new CFO
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has announced that Mr Douglas M McSorley has been named VP of Finance, CFO and Treasurer of the company effective 19 July 2010. Evraz Group consolidates vanadium sales
The Evraz Group S.A., which owns a majority share of Strategic Minerals Corp. (Stratcor), consolidated its global vanadium sales and marketing activities serving the steel industry into its wholly-owned marketing organization, East Metals S.A., based in Lugano, Switzerland. ATI chooses Siemens
Allegheny Technologies Inc. has selected a company to design, engineer and supply the USD 1.16 billion hot rolling mill it plans to install at its Brackenridge, Pennsylvania plant. 
Tata Steel has extended its exclusive option to undertake Canadian iron ore projects through its Canada-based partner New Millenium Capital Corp. (NMCC) to 31 December 2010. 
Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1865 union have ratified a three-year extension to a labor agreement covering about 750 hourly production and maintenance steel operations employees at AK Steel’s Ashland (KY) Works. 
Ace Metal Crafts has recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a celebration at its Franklin Park, Illinois, headquarters. 
On 13 July city and state officials helped break ground on a USD 20 million recycling factory for Oklahoma Materials Recycling. 
Crowflight Minerals Inc. has announced that effective 30 June 2010 Mr David Hunter will be the CFO for the company, replacing Ms Anna Ladd who previously held the role.