Modal Shop hires Sokolowski
The Modal Shop Inc. has announced the hiring of Frank Sokolowski as the NDT Field Sales Manager for North America. USA: drilling of Devonian Marcellus shale
Newfield Exploration Co. and Hess Corp. plan to start drilling in 2010 on a joint exploration venture to exploit gas in Devonian Marcellus shale in NE Pennsylvania. ITP celebrates final construction phase
International Titanium Powder (ITP) officials have celebrated the final phase of construction on its new production facility with highly-produced special ceremonies and animated video tours of the plant for local dignitaries. 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. 
Harting Inc. of North America has released a new housing series of industrial connectors. 
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. 
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. 
The time is approaching for conferring the 2009 international Swedish Steel Prize design award. 
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.