Metal News

Canadian nickel producer Inco Ltd said on Monday it had reached a tentative settlement in contract talks at its Thompson nickel facilities in Manitoba.3.3

Former Portman Ltd chairman George Jones just can't stay out of the booming iron ore industry, joining the board of junior iron ore developer Gindalbie Metals Ltd.2.7

Kaiser Aluminum announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court overseeing its Chapter 11 reorganization has approved the company's disclosure statement, relating to its second amended reorganization plan.2.7

Alabama stocks rose last week, powered by gains in Huntsville companies Adtran Inc.2.7

The N.C. Bankers Association announced Friday the statewide launch of the NC Banks Care campaign to help raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.3.1

Engelhard Corp. purchased Almatis AC of Louisiana for an undisclosed sum in an effort to strengthen its moisture-control and purification business.3.7

Wolverine Tube Inc., one of the largest makers of copper piping for air conditioners and refrigerators, saw its shares surge Friday as Wall Street responded to the company's latest plans for cutting costs and ...2.7

Century Aluminum has appointed Giulio Casello, formerly of Alcoa, vice president of the company's bauxite and alumina operations, Century announced September 9, 2005.2.7

Roundabout Outdoor, a South African provider of clean water and vital community messages, has been named to the shortlist for the US$1 million Alcan Prize for sustainability.2.7

Alcan Inc. said today that employees represented by United Steelworkers Local 5668 at the Ravenswood, West Virginia, aluminum rolling mill, have ratified a new five- year agreement.2.7

Engelhard Corp. said Thursday it acquired adsorbents and catalyst maker Almatis AC Inc.3.4

Schnitzer purchases scrap recycler with operations in Ala., Ga. Sept. 7 -- Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.2.7

The Telecommunications Workers Union is renewing calls for a mediator to help end a bitter dispute with Telus.2.7

Pettibone/Traverse Lift LLC -- a premier manufacturer of fixed-boom and transfer-boom, rough-terrain telehandlers, Cary-Lift pipe and pole handlers and Speed Swing railroad maintenance cranes -- announced the ...3.1

Shares in Jaguar Nickel plunged 24 per cent early Wednesday, a day after the mining company lowered the resource estimate at a nickel project in Guatemala by one-third as a result of an error by its consulting ...3.2

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited today announced it has closed a non-brokered private placement of 2,675,000 Flow- Through Common Shares at $0.56 per share, aggregating gross proceeds of $1,498,000. The ...2.7

Drastic changes meant to keep Ormet Corp. in operation can continue now that a U.S. District Court judge dismissed an appeal from the United Steelworkers Association late last month over the company's ...2.7

Don Lindsay, Teck Cominco president, says the project may lead to more opportunities.2.9

Teck's investment, equal to C$1.13 a barrel of reserves, is higher than recent deals, Brian MacArthur, an analyst at UBS Securities wrote in a note to clients.2.7

Stelco Inc. said today that, during a hearing held this morning, the Superior Court of Justice approved the previously announced sale of substantially all of the assets of Stelpipe Ltd.2.7

Vital Signs for the Week of Sept. 5 Sparks from Two Tech Distributors An ID-Theft Crackdown Gains Momentum A Conservative Fund's Careful Picks A Happy Birthday for Russian Stocks Michelin Takes a Bite of the ...2.7

About the only thing that stands between Fortune Minerals Ltd. and a rich deposit of two billion tonnes of high-quality anthracite coal in northwestern British Columbia is a small road blockade -- and a tangle ...4.5

Every few months, almost like clockwork, the question arrives. By phone, letter or e-mail, Beacon Journal readers make a familiar request at the cluttered desk of ``This Place, This Time'': * ``I would like to ...2.7

The Earle M. Jorgensen Co. will expand its Northeast operations by opening a new 32,000-square-foot facility in Southington.2.7

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Mike Royko, the Chicaho newspaper columnist who died in 1997 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times in the course of his career for his work for the defunct Chicago Daily News, the ...2.7

Charles Waterhouse Goodyear IV ... New England, Texas, Yale and Wharton, the man is Yankee establishment.2.9

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Shares in Breakwater Resources Ltd. jumped up four per cent Friday morning, topping the Toronto Stock Exchange most-active list.3.2

The Sport of Fast Color Change Lippert Components has achieved excellent quick color change capabilities, with color changes occurring in less than 10 minutes.2.9

Published: 09/01/2005 - Vol. 1, No. 17 St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. has made a change to its senior management team.

Precision Castparts is a manufacturer of large structural investment castings, airfoil castings and forged components used in jet aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines.2.7

The Trib 30 list of local stocks last month slipped from July's all-time high but remained above the 200 mark, thanks to strength among several energy and heavy-industry stocks.2.7

RTI International's Partnerships for Genomics and Molecular Epidemiology group has been awarded two bioinformatics contracts worth $5.6 million from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer ...2.7

Wise Alloys, the Wise Metals Group rolling mill in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, has named Earl McGuire as vice president for can products and Geron Davis as vice president for common alloys coil products, American ...2.7