Wheatland Steel Processing acquires
Pennsylvania, US-based Wheatland Steel Processing has recently acquired a Hyd-Mech 18A Horizontal dual post saw, providing accurate 90 degree metal cutting from 1/8in angle iron to 18in stainless steel billets. Noront titanium discovery
Noront Resources Ltd has announced the discovery of a new mineralized zone containing significant concentrations of vanadium, titanium and iron on its wholly owned Double Eagle Project in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, Canada. New United Steelworkers Local 4195 president
United Steelworkers has elected Ms JoAnn Pizzino as President of United Steelworkers Local 4195 which includes 137 clerical, nurses and guards at Severstal Wheeling plants from Steubenville to Martins Ferry and Follansbee to Beech Bottom, as well as Voto Manufacturing. Coating thickness gauges from Fischer
Fischer Technology, a US manufacturer of coating thickness, material testing, and material analysis instrumentation, has released the FMP Series to its product line. Stainless sensors for harsh environments
Balluff Inc., the US subsidiary of Germany-based Balluff GmbH, has introduced new 2X extended range SteelFace sensors suitable for harsh sensing environments. 
NACE International’s new 15,000sq/ft training center at the headquarters in Houston, Texas has been named “The Elcometer Building at NACE International”. 
Canada's federal government has announced that it is planning new climate-change regulations that would phase out traditional coal-fired power. 
Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corp. plans to build an engineering center in North Carolina. 
Ridgid has recently added the Model 65S stainless steel quick-acting tubing cutter for making quicker cuts to stainless steel and other metallic tubes such as steel, zinc, copper and aluminum, to its stainless steel product line. 
According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by Contech LLC, the company will close its steel forging plant in Albemarle, North Carolina, in August of this year.