Raglan Mine receives awards
Xstrata Nickel has announced that its Raglan operation in Northern Quebec has been awarded the 2008 F.J. O'Connell trophy for excellence in safety for the tenth time in the last eleven years. Titanium 2009 announces keynote speaker
The International Titanium Association has announced that its keynote speaker at TITANIUM 2009 will be Simon Pickup, Director of Business Operations and Analysis for Airbus, who will present his company’s Global Market Forecast for aircraft demand over the next 20 years. Severstal sells American plant
Severstal North America Inc. has signed a letter of intent to sell its Allenport, Washington County, plant to a California-based company that wants to reopen the plant this fall. Severstal expects to complete the deal in August with North American Trading Co. of Chino Hills, California, which is owned by William R Kingston. Energy Weave stainless sculpture
Buffalo’s newest waterfront attraction, a stainless steel sculpture entitled “Energy Weave,” has been completed in front of Rigidized Metals on Ohio Street in Western New York. Canada: heavy oil upgrader project
Sonic Technology Solutions Inc. has entered into a joint venture agreement with Mirex Energy Inc. to construct and operate the first PetroSonic heavy oil upgrader in Canada. Mirex is an oil production and services company operating in the Lloydminster region and will be the operating partner in the JV. 
The world's largest stainless steel roof is being built at the New Doha International Airport in Qatar. 
Canadian-based Sherritt International is about to close a financing deal for the Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar. 
AK Steel, a producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, will likely idle most of its Ashland, Kentucky, US Works beginning late in July or early August 2009. 
AnTech Ltd, an engineering design and manufacturing company serving the international upstream oil and gas industries, has reported a successful showing at the SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition 2009 in Houston, USA.