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The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) is offering interested parties the opportunity to request administrative reviews of various anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders with February anniversary dates.
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Nissan North America Inc. has started up a new 250,000-square-foot paint line in Smyrna, Tenn.
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Chrysler Group LLC’s net income soared to nearly $1.67 billion last year from $183 million in 2011, driven by a 19.6-percent increase in revenue to more than $65.78 billion on an 18-percent increase in global vehicle shipments.
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ArcelorMittal México plans to remodel its Tultitlán facility in central Mexico to process steel products for the domestic market, commercial director Guillermo Rey said at AMM’s 18th annual Mexican Steel Forum in Monterrey.
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Ford Motor Co. plans to manufacture its vehicles using ultra-high-strength steels or alternative materials such as carbon fiber by 2020 to reduce vehicle weight and cut fuel consumption.
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Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to spend $2 billion on capital improvements to its rail transportation network in 2013.
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Despite the lithium-ion battery failures that have grounded most of Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliners, the company has not issued any production slowdown orders to its supply chain, the aerospace giant’s top executive said this week.
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The commodity futures trade in China will be transformed by the Shanghai Futures Exchange’s (SHFE’s) proposed crude oil contract as the exchange looks at how to facilitate offshore involvement, according to Sebastian Pang, head of energy APAC ex-Japan at Newedge Financial Singapore Pte Ltd.
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U.S. metal producers’ shipments and new orders fell in December from the previous month, but the full-year totals were higher than in 2011.
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The long-term outlook for the global mining sector is positive despite a recent downturn in demand, according to heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.
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Carpenter Technology Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. have finalized a formal cooperation agreement to develop a new "lightweighting" steel alloy for automotive applications.
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Ford Motor Co. expects to manufacture 770,000 cars and light trucks in North America this quarter, up 4.8 percent from fourth-quarter production of 735,000 vehicles, and expects its global output to rise 4.8 percent to 1.57 million vehicles.
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General Motors Co. plans to invest $600 million at its Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant in Kansas City, Kan., including the construction of a 450,000-square-foot paint shop, installation of a stamping press and other upgrades.
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Survivors in the rough-and-tumble world of steel are often described as gamblers and horse traders. Tony Butera, a cofounder of Voss Industries, has in fact gambled and owned racehorses during a career that has so far spanned 62 years.
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Despite plenty of competition, Voss Industries is humming along and looking to hire more staff, the company says.
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Steel Dynamics Inc.’s fourth-quarter net income more than doubled to nearly $60.6 million from $30.2 million a year earlier, primarily due to a strong performance by its metals recycling division and improved demand for steel sheet from automotive and manufacturing.
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Alcoa Inc.’s fastening systems unit has inked a new strategic agreement with Commercial Aircraft of China Ltd. (Comac).
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Operations at Cargill Inc.’s East Chicago, Ind., service center will be halted until later this week after an employee was seriously injured in an accident Jan. 23.
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Grand Steel Products Inc., a small but growing distributor and processor, is now in its second month of running a modified slitter and has produced great-quality mults, president Jim Barnett told AMM during a recent plant visit.
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Caterpillar Inc. posted record revenue of nearly $65.88 billion last year, up 9.5 percent from $60.14 billion in 2011, and net income jumped 15.3 percent to more than $5.68 billion from $4.93 billion.
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Shell US Gas & Power LLC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, and Southern Liquefaction Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Houston-based El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB), are planning to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from EPB’s Elba Island terminal near Savannah, Ga.
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Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) distributor Gemaire Distributors will use Luvata Oy’s spray-applied coil corrosion protection for its entire line of HVAC equipment.
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Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC), fresh off its $2.9-million takeover of Titanium Metals Corp. (Timet), has turned its eye back to aerostructures acquisitions following a profitable fiscal third quarter.
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A.M. Castle & Co. has appointed four executives to its new commercial leadership team.