Sudbury miners take Vale fight to labour board
Striking workers at a Vale Inco nickel mine in Sudbury have taken their fight against the miner to Ontario's Labour Relations Board. Severstal chooses Emerson
Severstal Wheeling, the US’s fourth largest integrated steel producer, has expanded its use of Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless technology to improve process, fire safety, and environmental monitoring at its fully integrated, 80in hot strip mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Stainless steel industrial connectors
Harting Inc. of North America has released a new housing series of industrial connectors. Greenerd delivers hydraulic presses
Greenerd Press & Machine Co. Inc. has built and delivered hydraulic presses to complete three orders, involving machines ranging in capacity from 330tns to 1000tns. All three machines were designed and built at Greenerd’s Nashua, New Hampshire, plant for different US manufacturers. US Steel uncertain about coke plant restart
Mr John P Surma chairman & CEO of US Steel has declined to disclose a date for resuming work on a USD 1 billion project at its coke plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, US, telling industry officials that preserving cash during the recession remains a priority. 
Arcos Industries LLC of Mt Carmel, Pennsylvania, US, has released new bare wire and covered stainless steel electrodes, Arcos 90S-B9 and Arcos 9015-B9, which are intended for welding key components in the power generation industry. 
The time is approaching for conferring the 2009 international Swedish Steel Prize design award. 
Mr Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, said that his government is determined to ensure US Steel Corp. will fulfill its obligations in the country. 
Master Chemical Corp., headquartered in Ohio, US, has introduced a new semisynthetic metalworking fluid. 
Enbridge Inc. has announced plans to build a USD 250 million oil pipeline in a deep-water development in the Gulf of Mexico.