AK Steel honours women
In recognition of women who have overcome obstacles to make a difference in the lives of others, the AK Steel Foundation is underwriting the inaugural Steel Magnolia Awards – honouring eight women who reside in the vicinity of the company’s corporate headquarters and plant operations. Sudbury miners take Vale fight to labour board
Striking workers at a Vale Inco nickel mine in Sudbury have taken their fight against the miner to Ontario's Labour Relations Board. Greenerd delivers hydraulic presses
Greenerd Press & Machine Co. Inc. has built and delivered hydraulic presses to complete three orders, involving machines ranging in capacity from 330tns to 1000tns. All three machines were designed and built at Greenerd’s Nashua, New Hampshire, plant for different US manufacturers. Lincoln Electric releases 108 new products
Lincoln Electric has rolled out 108 new products over the past nine months, the most aggressive new product launch in the arc welding industry. Canadian Arrow updates on nickel projects
Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd has recently completed a USD 1.83 million financing. Over USD 1.5 million is to be expended on resumption of their exploration activities. 
TransCanada Corp. has received a contract from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA), to design, build and operate a 900MW natural-gas power plant near Toronto. 
Synalloy Corp., a producer of stainless steel pipe, fabricator of stainless and carbon steel piping systems, and producer of specialty chemicals, has announced that on 2 October 2009, the company entered into a Asset Purchase Agreement with SantoLubes Manufacturing LLC to sell the specialty chemical business of Blackman Uhler Specialties LLC (BU), along with certain property, plant and equipment held by Synalloy Corp., all located at the Spartanburg, South Carolina, US location. 
US-based Greenville Tube, a RathGibson company, and manufacturer of small diameter stainless steel and nickel alloy seamless and US-based welded and drawn tubing and pipe, has received ISO 9001:2008 Certification. 
Dutch oil and gas company Dyas and Canada's largest energy firm PetroCanada, are looking to sell their stakes in one of Europe's largest gas storage projects. 
Vale SA has restarted partial production on1 October 2009 at Sudbury, its largest nickel and copper unit in Canada, as a strike continues.