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A shortfall in infrastructure spending is crimping the U.S. economy’s ability to create jobs, jumpstart growth and remain globally competitive, logistics executives warned attendees at the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) conference in Seattle this week.
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Canada will oppose "Buy American" provisions in a jobs package proposed by President Obama, Canada’s trade minister said Wednesday.
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Traditionally one of the last sectors to exit the down cycle, the building and construction market is proving no different this time around, with industry experts forecasting at least another couple of negative quarters on both the commercial and residential fronts before any significant turnaround.
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Tube City IMS Corp. has accused three former managers of conspiring with four outside suppliers to bilk the company out of more than $850,000.
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Manufacturers struggling to book new orders in a tough-as-nails economy are exploring virtually any means available to drum up new business.
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Carpenter Technology Corp. (CarTech) will expand its Carpenter Powder Products AB facility in Sweden at a cost of $30 million, the company said Tuesday.
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Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) plans to spend $100 million to build a start-stop vehicle battery plant in China aimed at supplying automakers in Asia.
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Brazil’s Magnesita Refratários SA, in a move believed to mark the first major investment in U.S. refractory manufacturing capacity in a dozen years, has launched a $10-million-plus expansion project that will lift output at its York, Pa., facility by 28,000 tons.
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North American port executives, logistics managers and government officials are meeting at the American Association of Port Authorities annual convention in Seattle this week to discuss how increasing both focus and spending on infrastructure will help make the supply chain more efficient in moving cargo.
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Excessive regulation and a lack of standardization at the U.S.-Canadian border is making successful business between the two trading partners a major challenge, putting North America at a disadvantage to emerging economies, executives in the distribution sector said.
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Corsa Coal Corp. sold 105,000 tons of clean metallurgical coal at an average price of $169 per ton in its fiscal third quarter ended Aug. 31.
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Patriot Coal Corp. has named Bennett K. "Ben" Hatfield as executive vice president and chief operating officer and Charles A. Ebetino Jr. as senior vice president of global strategy and corporate development.
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The rest of the economy might be looking prime for a pickup, but at least one major end market for stainless steel—the home appliance sector—is in the midst of a double dip, according to Whirlpool Corp.
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Nickel Asia Corp (NAC), the biggest nickel miner in the Philippines, plans to ship around 1.5 million tonnes of iron-rich nickel ore this year for use by carbon steel producers
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The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has preliminarily determined in an administrative review of an anti-dumping duty order on certain steel nails (with shaft length up to 12 inches) from China that Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co. Ltd., Stanley Black & Decker/Stanley Fastening Systems LP, Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co. Ltd. and Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co. Ltd. all made sales at less-than-normal value.
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Walter Energy Inc. has filled its top executive position after coming under fire from shareholders demanding that the company be put up for sale.
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ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG (TKSE) has partnered with an American plastic film company to develop and manufacture steel roof construction components containing photovoltaic technology.
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A union jurisdiction dispute at ports in Washington state led to only minor disruptions for some steel customers last week.
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Venoco Inc. plans to build an 8.5-mile, 6-inch-diameter pipeline to transport crude oil in southern California, a company executive told AMM.
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William S. Dietrich II, former owner of Dietrich Industries Inc., a producer of metal framing for construction, has pledged the eighth-largest gift to a university in U.S. history: a $265-million donation to Carnegie Mellon University.
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Australia has barred executives from Hanlong Mining from permanently leaving the country, while it probes insider dealing in the shares of two companies the Chinese company offered to buy
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NCI Building Systems Inc. returned to profitability in its fiscal third quarter despite weak demand and erratic finished steel prices, but the company remained in the red for the first nine months of its fiscal year.
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The forced shutdown of coal mines in China's Guizhou province took a bite out of L&L Energy Inc.’s quarterly results.
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ZF Steering Systems LLC held a grand opening to mark the completion of a $95.8-million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Florence, Ky.