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Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s shipbuilding division has received a $482.8-million fixed-price-incentive-firm contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a fifth National Security Cutter.
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Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes exceeded 6.55 million net tons last month, down 7 percent from July but up 9 percent from 6.01 million tons in August 2010, according to the Lake Carriers Association.
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Revstone Industries LLC has named Kevin G. Cramton as chief executive officer and Kevin P. Bagby as chief financial officer.
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Enbridge Inc. plans to spend $1.2 billion to build a "twin" pipeline to the southern section of its existing Athabasca pipeline.
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The number of drill rigs running in the United States fell by 10 last week, with the biggest decline in Texas (down 14), and Canadian drilling activity slipped by two rigs compared with the previous week.
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The manufacturing sector is finding it difficult to find skilled labor, including welders, machinists, mechanics, electricians and sheet metal workers, even amid sustained high unemployment in the United States.
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Mueller Industries Inc. appears to have staved off a potential takeover for at least the next two years by signing a standstill agreement with a holding company that had been slowly increasing its stake in the copper products manufacturer.
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Americans recognize manufacturing’s importance to the U.S. economy. They’re just not crazy about working in manufacturing themselves or having their kids do so.
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Share prices for Walter Energy Inc. are soaring on speculation that it is a takeover target even as the metallurgical coal and coke maker denies that any deal is in the works.
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Thomas Graham and John Greenwald have been nominated by U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk to serve on the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body.
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Various metals industry players suffered shutdowns or slowdowns Friday as severe weather and heavy rains continued to pummel parts of the East Coast.
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Three Texas energy firms have joined forces to build a 580-mile natural gas liquids (NGLs) pipeline in their state.
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Marmon/Keystone LLC’s unionized production workers in Butler, Pa., have ratified a labor agreement at the service center operation.
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Hofmann Steel Industries Inc.’s unionized workforce has filed a case with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board contending that a lockout at the company’s operations in Pennsylvania is illegal.
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Primoris Services Corp. has booked roughly $56.5 million in new contracts related to pipeline work, it said Thursday.
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WSP Holdings Ltd. shares jumped Thursday on news that the energy tubulars producer had restructured its short-term debt with a new $548-million credit facility.
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Martin Abbott, chief executive of the London Metal Exchange, did not mince words when speaking about LME warehouses stockpiling millions of tonnes of aluminum.
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Confident in the future of shale-derived natural gas, U.S. Steel Corp. has commissioned its second natural-gas filling station for vehicles at its Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, Pa.
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A boost in new plane orders helped Bombardier Inc.’s earnings jump 52.9 percent in its fiscal second quarter on a 17.4-percent rise in sales.
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Flat-rolled steel buyers remain cautious as uncertainty clouds the market, although they are sure of one thing: no one plans to increase inventory levels over the next three months.
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Market participants up and down the supply chain have joined forces to relaunch the American Steel Coalition (ASC), a grassroots organization intended to garner support for pro-manufacturing policies on Capitol Hill.
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Aerospace titanium continues to trade in a relatively narrow pricing band as buyers look for clues that next year might see a strong move upward.
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Packaging products maker Silgan Holdings Inc. has completed its $25-million purchase of Nestlé Purina PetCare Co.’s steel can manufacturing assets.
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L&L Energy has entered letters of intent to acquire 14 coking coal mines in China’s Guizhou province.