Vale to restart Sudbury smelter despite strike
Vale has announced that they will soon restart their Sudbury, Ontario, smelter for the first time since a strike at the operation began during the summer. Spool gun uses stainless steel wire
Hobart Welding Products has introduced the DP 3545-20 Spool Gun suitable for light industrial applications. Mesabi facility produces its first iron nuggets
Steel Dynamics Inc. has announced the production of the first batch of iron nuggets at the Mesabi Nugget facility at Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota on 12 January 2010. Pele Mountain acquires property
Pele Mountain Resources Inc. has announced that it has staked more than 1000 mining claim units totalling approximately 18,750 hectares in the Pigeon River area of NW Ontario, about 80km to the west of Thunder Bay. Intergraph acquires COADE Holdings
Intergraph Corp., headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, US, has announced the acquisition of COADE Holdings Inc. 
Iron Ore Co. (IOC) of Canada has announced that Mr Zoe Yujnovich will become IOC president as of 1 February 2010. 
A.D. Tubi Inossidabili SpA, an Italy-based manufacturer of welded tubes made of stainless steel, duplex, superduplex, nickel alloys and titanium, has expanded its production range to include diameters from 7,14mm to 63,5mm and WT from 0,40mm to 3,05mm. 
Two and a half years after it was announced and 19 months after it broke ground, Allegheny Technologies USD 460 million facility in Rowley, Utah, US will begin producing titanium sponge immediately. 
A Canadian panel assessing the socioeconomic and environmental impact of a proposed CAD16.2 billion natural gas pipeline in northern Canada has conditionally recommended approval of the project. 
A German company will build a USD 300 million plant in NW Mississippi to manufacture stainless steel pipes for the oil and gas industry.