Western Metal acquires Western Titanium
US-based Western Metal Material Co. Ltd intends to complete its full acquisition of Xi'an-based Western Titanium Co. Ltd by the end of June 2009. First Nickel to restore mine
First Nickel has decided to restore the Canadian Lockerby nickel mine within two years. US Steel Canada to shut down mill
US Steel Canada, formerly known as Stelco, is temporarily shutting down its Hamilton mill and most of its nearby Lake Erie operations. MBMI ships nickel to Asia
Canada-based MBMI Resources Inc. has signed four contracts to ship a total of 125,000 metric tons of nickel ore to certain Asian buyers. Yemen: oil exploration
Yemen plans to invite European and American oil majors including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron and Total for direct negotiations to explore its oil blocks. 
United States Steel Corp. has announced that effective immediately Mr Douglas R Matthews is VP tubular operations and president of the company's US Steel Tubular Products Inc. subsidiary. 
NRG Energy and GE Energy Financial Services from Connecticut are attempting to revive long-dormant plans to build massive new power plants that, if the state agrees to award them long-term contracts, could power nearly a million homes. 
William H Bingham has been named sales manager at Houston-based Alloy Metals and Tubes International Inc. 
According to a schedule released by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), NRG Energy and Toshiba Corp. could receive a Combined License for the proposed 2700MW South Texas nuclear project by 2012. 
Canadian-based Continental Nickel Ltd predicts that its new nickel mine in Tanzania will start to export its output by 2014.