Fenix nickel project update
Canadian base-metals-miner HudBay Minerals has announced that they expect to make a final decision on whether to proceed with the Fenix nickel project, in Guatemala, around the middle of next year. Tata Steel to set up JV
Tata Steel Ltd is setting up a JV with New Millennium Capital Corp. for development of the Direct Shipment Ore project in Canada. Canada: modifications at Regina Refinery
Aecon Field Services, a division of Aecon Lockerbie Industrial, has been awarded two contracts totalling USD 125 million by Consumers' Co-operative Refineries Ltd for work required to modify existing process units at their Regina Refinery in Saskatchewan, Canada. Mexico: Project Ethylene XXI
Braskem S.A., in association with the Mexican corporate group IDESA, has won the auction held by Pemex Gas, a state-owned Mexican company, for the acquisition of ethane, which will be used as feedstock for an integrated petrochemical project to be developed in that country (Project Ethylene XXI). RathGibsons12-head polisher
With RathGibson’s newly installed 12-head mechanical polisher, the company now offers ultra-fine OD finishes for their finest precision engineered welded, welded and drawn, and seamless tubing. 
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Dennis Oates, and Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Richard Ubinger, spoke at the Davenport Metals & Mining Conference in New York City on 5 November 2009. 
The North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance has announced a new online commodity trading Web site for organic materials to help expand the development of the biomass economy in North Carolina, US. 
Denbury Resources Inc. and Encore Acquisition Co. have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Denbury will acquire Encore in a transaction valued at USD 4.5 billion, including the assumption of debt and the value of the minority interest in Encore Energy Partners LP.