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 wins wildlife award
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. New iron ore company
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. New bases in Canada for BJ Services
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. Forging press rebuild
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. 
Tata Steel Ltd is setting up a JV with New Millennium Capital Corp. for development of the Direct Shipment Ore project in Canada. 
Braskem S.A., in association with the Mexican corporate group IDESA, has won the auction held by Pemex Gas, a state-owned Mexican company, for the acquisition of ethane, which will be used as feedstock for an integrated petrochemical project to be developed in that country (Project Ethylene XXI). 
With RathGibson’s newly installed 12-head mechanical polisher, the company now offers ultra-fine OD finishes for their finest precision engineered welded, welded and drawn, and seamless tubing. 
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Dennis Oates, and Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Richard Ubinger, spoke at the Davenport Metals & Mining Conference in New York City on 5 November 2009.