USA: pipeline agreement
The Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe and Enbridge Energy Partners have reached an agreement that clears the way for a new oil pipeline to cross reservation land. Nickel processing plant
Vale Inco has started the work necessary to build a nickel processing facility in Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada. Universal Stainless appoints Chris Ayers
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has announced that Christopher L Ayers has joined the company's Board of Directors, increasing the number of Company Directors to six. ThyssenKrupp looks for partner
ThyssenKrupp AG may be shopping for a partner in its worldwide stainless steel business or for its USD 4.65 billion complex in Calvert, following the 27 March 2009 vote of the steelmaker's board to restructure the company. ThyssenKrupp talks with US suppliers
ThyssenKrupp AG is talking with US suppliers to the auto industry about possible cooperation. 
Latrobe Specialty Steel Co. has completed its USD 52 million vacuum re-melting expansion project. 
US Steel is suspending indefinitely the USD 1 billion modernization of its Clairton coke plant, a massive, multi-year project that was expected to create more than 600 construction jobs. 
Barnes Distribution, North America, a business of Barnes Group Inc., is expanding its product line of stainless steel fasteners by nearly 50%, adding more than 1200 new items to its stocked inventory. 
Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has elected Dr Sunil Y Widge Chief Technology Officer Emeritus of Carpenter Technology Corp. 
An RTI Metals official says the company still expects to open a USD 100 million titanium plant in Martinsville, Virginia, US.