UAW ratify agreement with AK Steel
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 appoints President and CEO
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. White Mountain completes plant test
White Mountain Titanium Corp. has successfully completed a detailed Stage 2 pilot plant test work program culminating in one 60hr continuous test run. Tronox cancels asset auction
US Titanium dioxide manufacturer Tronox has withdrawn from an asset auction and announced that it has agreed to a reorganisation plan to lift it out of bankruptcy. New Statoil president for Canadian ops
Statoil has appointed Lars Christian Bacher as president of its Canadian operations. 
Lincoln Electric has introduced its 2010 equipment catalogue and an online fast-flip eBook version that is accessible on the Lincoln website. 
Xstrata PLC will take about USD 2.4 billion of impairment charges on its earnings after cutting the value of nickel assets and closing Canadian copper and zinc smelters. 
Victory Nickel Inc. has been advised by the Mineral Resources Division of the Manitoba Department of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines that instructions have been given to grant to the company a quarry lease and a general permit for road construction at its 100%-owned Minago sulphide nickel project on Manitoba, Canada's Thompson Nickel Belt. 
RTI International Metals is stopping plans to build a USD 300 million titanium sponge facility in Mississippi, US. 
Huntsman Corp. has asked a US court to force bankrupt chemicals maker Tronox Inc. to hold an auction for its titanium dioxide plants, citing a deal signed in August 2009.