Corrosion Materials expands
Corrosion Materials has completed a 40,000sq/ft warehouse expansion bringing the total area dedicated to nickel alloys to 112,000sq/ft. US Steel Canada to shut down mill
US Steel Canada, formerly known as Stelco, is temporarily shutting down its Hamilton mill and most of its nearby Lake Erie operations. USA: nuclear plants in Texas
Toshiba Corp.'s US subsidiary has agreed to build the two new 1400MW nuclear plants for the South Texas Project, a nuclear power facility being expanded by NRG Energy Inc. and CPS Energy. MBMI ships nickel to Asia
Canada-based MBMI Resources Inc. has signed four contracts to ship a total of 125,000 metric tons of nickel ore to certain Asian buyers. Yemen: oil exploration
Yemen plans to invite European and American oil majors including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron and Total for direct negotiations to explore its oil blocks. 
The Lincoln Electric Co. has enhanced its Vantage 500 engine-driven welder with a new model in a compact case. 
Lefon, with an office in Houston, Texas, has released a new Orbital pipe/tube cutting machine (orbital saw) suitable for cutting stainless steel pipe. 
Willbros Group Inc.’s upstream and downstream segments have been awarded new projects, valued at USD 181 million. 
Sandmeyer Steel Co., a manufacturer of duplex stainless steel plate products, has recently added a new bandsaw to its fully-integrated Bandsaw Cutting Center. 
US-based Innovative Pressure Technologies (IPT) has introduced High Pressure Needle Valves.