Latrobe project completed
Latrobe Specialty Steel Co. has completed its USD 52 million vacuum re-melting expansion project. Strong Molybdenum demand in 2009
North American based Thompson Creek Metals Co. sees strong long term demand for molybdenum, though near term orders should remain weak but steady with some ongoing pick up from Chinese buyers and other customers following later in 2009. US Steel puts project on hold
US Steel is suspending indefinitely the USD 1 billion modernization of its Clairton coke plant, a massive, multi-year project that was expected to create more than 600 construction jobs. Payet-Gaspard succeeds Malm at ISSF
Dr Staffan Malm, Secretary General of ISSF, has announced his intention to retire at the end of March 2009 after eight years at the helm of ISSF. Stainless steel fasteners line expanded
Barnes Distribution, North America, a business of Barnes Group Inc., is expanding its product line of stainless steel fasteners by nearly 50%, adding more than 1200 new items to its stocked inventory. 
Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has elected Dr Sunil Y Widge Chief Technology Officer Emeritus of Carpenter Technology Corp. 
A perforated stainless steel and glass sculpture that represents a topographical view of the Alaska landscape has been installed at the new terminal of the Fairbanks International Airport. 
Rolled Alloys has opened a 68,000sq/ft warehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The facility will inventory a full line of heat and corrosion resistant alloys and offer a range of processing capabilities including high-definition plasma cutting, shearing, bar sawing and gauer straightening. 
Ruger Industries Inc., headquartered in Solon, Ohio, has introduced a program for the custom design and manufacture of stainless steel portable crane products. 
EMCOR Group, Inc.’s Comstock Canada subsidiary has received contracts from Bruce Power in connection with a major refurbishment of nuclear generators at the Bruce A Power Plant in Tiverton, Ontario.