AISI reports on steel shipments
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has reported that, for the month of March 2009, US steel mills shipped 4,138,000 net tons, a 54.8% decrease from the 9,158,000 net tons shipped in March 2008 and a 4.2% decrease from the 4,320,000 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2009. Spanish nickel mine could be suspended
The CEO of Lundin Mining Corp. has announced that production at the Aguablanca nickel and copper mine in Spain could be suspended later this year if there isn't a "substantial improvement" in nickel prices. USA: nuclear plant upgrade
A North Carolina utility is making progress in upgrading equipment at a nuclear plant in order to meet federal safety standards. USA: carbon-neutral pipeline compressors
Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of three pipeline compressor trains. Hygienic Series stainless pump
US-based Wilden Pump and Engineering Co. has announced the new 25mm PX2 Hygienic Series (HS) stainless steel pump. 
Hobart Brothers Co. of Troy, Ohio, US has introduced its Hobart Boilermaker family of low alloy stick electrodes. 
On 15 May 2009, DuPont Titanium Technologies (DTT) announced a price increase for all DuPont titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in North America, Europe and the Middle East. 
Pump Engineering, headquartered in Monroe, Michigan, US, has released the Badger RC200 control valve constructed of AISI 316 stainless steel with a stainless-steel actuator. 
Largo Resources Ltd, a Canadian natural resource development and exploration company, has signed an agreement with Companhia Baiana de Pesquisa Mineral (CBPM), a Bahia state owned exploration company, to acquire 100% working interest in the Campo Alegre de Lourdes Fe-Ti-V property owned by CBPM. 
Sandmeyer Steel Co. has appointed Internacional de Metales Comerciales SA de C.V. (Intermetco) as the company’s Representative Office and Sales Support Center in Mexico. Intermetco, with a facility in Monterrey, Mexico,