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Sunoco Logistics Partners LP plans to build a 50-mile pipeline in Pennsylvania to transport ethane and propane in the form of natural gas liquids (NGLs).
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There will be little upside for natural gas prices in 2013, according to an industry analyst.
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Enbridge Inc. and Energy Transfer Partners LP have entered into a joint-venture agreement to convert one of the three pipelines making up Energy Transfer’s 700-mile Trunkline system in the United States to transport oil instead of natural gas to the eastern Gulf Coast from an Illinois hub.
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Airbus SAS has abandoned plans to use lightweight lithium-ion batteries in its new A350 airliners in the wake of incidents involving similar batteries on Boeing Co.'s Dreamliner aircraft.
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Boeing Co. and its largest white-collar union are at odds even before voting on the company’s latest contract offer has been completed, with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) claiming intimidation of union-represented employees by the aerospace giant.
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General Motors Co.’s net income fell 35.9 percent year on year in 2012 despite slightly higher revenue as the automaker recorded unfavorable special items.
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The Commerce Department’s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness will hold a public hearing March 12 on issues related to creating a holistic national freight infrastructure and national freight policy plan to support U.S. export and growth competitiveness.
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The Commerce Department has issued anti-dumping duties ranging from 44.99 to 70.63 percent and countervailing duties ranging from 21.86 to 34.81 percent on imports of utility-scale wind towers from China following affirmative determinations by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
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The Commerce Department has issued anti-dumping duty orders on large residential washers from Mexico and South Korea following affirmative determinations by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
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In the final results of an anti-dumping duty administrative review of imports of diamond sawblades from China from Jan. 23, 2009, to Oct. 31, 2010, the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has ruled that the 32 companies covered by the review sold merchandise at less than normal value and has assigned weighted-average margins of 0.15 to 9.55 percent. The Chinawide rate is 164.09 percent.
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Warren Steel Holdings LLC has renovated its rail siding and introduced new pieces of analytical equipment, the company said.
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Metals fabricator ATW Cos. has relocated its New Britain, Conn.-based Metalform product line manufacturing operations to ATW’s Warwick, R.I., facility.
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Steel processor and distributor Worthington Industries Inc. has named Michael Luh vice president of its Centers of Excellence and Innovation.
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Chicago-based service center chain Central Steel & Wire Co. has promoted three employees to territory sales managers.
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HKI Terminals LLC will stage more than 100 miles of 30-inch heavy-wall pipe for Seaway Crude Pipeline Co. LLC’s expansion.
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Ball Corp. will stop production at its Elgin, Ill., food and aerosol packaging manufacturing plant in December, laying off 245 workers.
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Another major participant in the Boeing Co. supply chain says it is sticking to its 787 Dreamliner production schedule despite the aircraft’s current problems.
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U.S. manufacturers and metal market participants had mixed reactions to President Obama’s State of the Union address.
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Agricultural and industrial equipment maker Deere & Co. posted higher net income and revenue in its fiscal first quarter ended Jan. 31, but its outlook remains cautious.
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Steel alloy distributor Corrosion Materials has expanded its inventory to include sheet, pipe, flanges and fittings after moving to a larger, purpose-built facility in Houston, the company said.
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Russel Metals Inc. posted net income of Canadian $98.8 million ($98.61 million) last year, down 16.5 percent from C$118.3 million in 2011 despite an 11.4-percent jump in sales to just over C$3 billion ($2.99 billion).
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TransCanada Corp. expects the U.S. State Department to issue a supplemental environmental impact statement for the rerouting of its Keystone XL pipeline "quite quickly," a top company executive said.
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North American railroads recorded a 37.8-percent year-on-year increase in petroleum product shipments in 2012, with the U.S. carloads total moving up more than 46 percent, according to the Association of American Railroads.
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U.S. rail car manufacturers are riding the wave of strong demand for tankers and other types of rail cars for shipping fracking sand, chemicals, steel pipe and crude oil to and from burgeoning energy plays across North America.