AKS stainless steel surcharge
US-based AK Steel Holding Corp. (AKS) has advised customers that it's rolling over a USD 165-a-short-ton surcharge on invoices for electrical stainless steel products delivered in March after having applied the same charge on products delivered in February. Victory Nickel announces board changes
Victory Nickel Inc. has announced that Wayne Whymark has resigned from the Board of Directors. Mr Whymark joined the Board of Directors in October 2008 pursuant to the Support Agreement entered into by Victory Nickel and Independent Nickel Corp. Stainless steel unit delayed
ThyssenKrupp will delay the start of stainless steel production at its USD 4.5 billion Alabama plant because of economic conditions, but the move is not expected to affect carbon steel operations, which represent the lion's share of the project. Universal Stainless reports income
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., a North American distributor of Stainless, Nickel, Aluminum, and Special Alloys, has reported that sales for the fourth quarter of 2008 rose 15% to USD 57.1 million compared with USD 49.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. Vale halts nickel shipments
Vale do Rio Doce, the world’s second-largest nickel refiner, has halted concentrate shipments from Newfoundland and Labrador until an agreement can be reached with the Canadian province on a proposed processing plant. Equipment for supply vessels
STX Europe has signed contracts for delivery of design and ship equipment to four platform supply vessels of STX Europe's own design PSV 09 CD. Arab gas pipeline extension
Whilst visiting Syria, a Stroytransgaz delegation headed by the Chairman of the Management Board Mr Vyacheslav Makhonin signed a contract to construct an extension of the Arab Gas Pipeline. USA: gasification facility for green refinery
Houston-based company Hunton Energy is proposing to build what it calls the world's first "green refinery" on the Texas Gulf Coast. 
IST relocates
Netherlands-based Interservice Trading BV (IST) moved to new premises in April 2001.
Refinery in Iran
Iran's oil ministry has authorised the construction of a refinery close to the Caspian Sea, Iranian news agency IRNA has said.