Landore reports on nickel deposit
Landore Resources Ltd has confirmed that infill drilling on the B4-7 deposit, located on the Junior Lake Property in Ontario, Canada, has confirmed the continuity of nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum mineralization. Jien partners with Goldbrook
China-based Ji'en Nickel Industry have stated that Chinese regulators have approved a partnership with Canadian-based mining company Goldbrook Ventures for nickel exploration in Canada. Spanish nickel mine could be suspended
The CEO of Lundin Mining Corp. has announced that production at the Aguablanca nickel and copper mine in Spain could be suspended later this year if there isn't a "substantial improvement" in nickel prices. USA: carbon-neutral pipeline compressors
Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of three pipeline compressor trains. Largo Resources acquires
Largo Resources Ltd, a Canadian natural resource development and exploration company, has signed an agreement with Companhia Baiana de Pesquisa Mineral (CBPM), a Bahia state owned exploration company, to acquire 100% working interest in the Campo Alegre de Lourdes Fe-Ti-V property owned by CBPM. 
Sandmeyer Steel Co. has appointed Internacional de Metales Comerciales SA de C.V. (Intermetco) as the company’s Representative Office and Sales Support Center in Mexico. Intermetco, with a facility in Monterrey, Mexico, 
Mr Terence Bowles, President & CEO of Iron Ore Co. of Canada, has been named one of the Top 50 CEO's in Atlantic Canada by the Atlantic Business Magazine. 
Essar Steel is planning to invest INR 1000crore to set up steel processing units in India, the Middle East and North America. 
During the week starting 27 April 2009, India-based Welspun-Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd opened a USD 150 million plant in the US to make steel pipe. 
According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by Contech LLC, the company will close its steel forging plant in Albemarle, North Carolina, in August of this year.