Cliffs pursues WA iron ore approval
Cliffs Natural Resources (CNR) is pursuing approval for the development of a new iron ore deposit in Western Australia. ThyssenKrupp updates on US facilities
ThyssenKrupp is continuing to build carbon and stainless steelmaking and processing facilities in the US, but is responding to the changed economic conditions by stretching out construction. Canada: thermal oil facility
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from a major oil and gas company for engineering of its thermal facility located near Lac la Biche, Alberta. Apella updates on titanium project
Apella Resources Inc. and its Board of Directors have announced that Apella has now successfully completed its initial drilling program on the Iron-T Vanadium-Iron-Titanium Project. HudBay to hire new CEO
HudBay Minerals has announced that its board of directors has appointed Mr W Warren Holmes as EVC of the company effective immediately to facilitate the transition to a new chief executive officer. 
AK Steel’s Coshocton, Ohio Works has received “Wildlife at Work” certification from the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat. 
Altius Minerals Corp. has entered into an agreement with a private company with respect to its Kamistiatusset iron ore project in western Labrador of Canada. 
BJ Services Co. has opened two new operations bases in Canada. The new bases are dedicated to delivering process and pipeline services to customers throughout Canada. 
Alcoa has announced that funding has been approved for the complete repair and refurbishment of its 50,000tn forging press at the company’s Cleveland Works. 
Canadian base-metals-miner HudBay Minerals has announced that they expect to make a final decision on whether to proceed with the Fenix nickel project, in Guatemala, around the middle of next year.