Rio Tinto to develop US nickel mine
Rio Tinto will spend USD 469 million developing the Kennecott Eagle nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with construction starting this summer. The mine should begin producing minerals by late 2013. Turck Q-pak sensors with WeldGuard
Turck has announced that the company's BIM-UNR, BIM-UNT and Q-pak sensors are now equipped with WeldGuard protection, making them resistant to weld slag and spatter often present in MIG and TIG welding environments. ThyssenKrupp begins steel production at Alabama co
July will mark the start-up of steel production at ThyssenKrupp's 3500-acre site near Mobile, Alabama. AK Steel wins award
AK Steel has received two “Awards for Steel Excellence” from American Metal Market (AMM), a metal industry publication. New Chairman of the Board of Directors
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has announced that Mr Dennis M Oates, the company's president & CEO since 2008, has assumed the additional post of Chairman of the Board of Directors. 
Penn Stainless Products, through its new Specialty Pipe and Tube Division, now offers nonstandard welded tubular items in Stainless, Duplex, Nickel, 6-Moly and Chrome Moly materials, in both light gauge and heavy wall thicknesses. 
Stainless Steel Direct, located in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, will be launching a new website in Fall 2010. 
Metal processor Metals USA Holdings Corp. wants to raise about USD 200 million in an initial public offering. 
US Nickel Ltd has announced the appointment of Mr Jonathan Murray as a non-executive director and to the role of chairman.