New chairman of ThyssenKrupp America
Mr Hans Fischer, currently a member of the executive board of Salzgitter AG, will become chairman of the management board of the ThyssenKrupp Steel Americas business area effective 1 February 2010. Canada: thermal oil facility
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from a major oil and gas company for engineering of its thermal facility located near Lac la Biche, Alberta. AK Tube re-certified as Star site
The Columbus, Indiana, US plant of AK Tube LLC, a subsidiary of AK Steel, has been re-certified as a Star site in the Indiana Department of Labor’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). Cliffs buys Canadian chromite deposits
Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, Ohio, US is buying three chromite deposits in northern Ontario, Canada from Freewest Resources Canada and will spend USD 4 million to start development of a ferrochrome plant along the north shore of Lake Superior in Canada. Apella updates on titanium project
Apella Resources Inc. and its Board of Directors have announced that Apella has now successfully completed its initial drilling program on the Iron-T Vanadium-Iron-Titanium Project. 
Canadian-based copper producer First Quantum Minerals is believed to be considering a bid for BHP Billiton’s mothballed Ravensthorpe nickel laterite mine. 
US-based Arcos Industries LLC has released new bare wire and covered stainless steel electrodes, Arcos 309/309L, which are designed for welding similar alloys in wrought and cast form. 
Roll-Kraft has released its Dr Resolve, a new online tool that allows welded tube, pipe, and metal roll forming producers to submit roll tooling and roll forming equipment questions through an online form. 
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.