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A steel bar mill in Ohio and a service center in Nevada have filed separate breach-of-contract complaints in federal courts.
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A former president and chief executive officer of alloy and tool steel maker Latrobe Specialty Metals Inc., Christopher DiSantis, will head newly established H-D Advanced Manufacturing Co., a holding company that will specialize in the manufacture of heavy-duty, precision-engineered industrial components.
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MoveTran LLC, founded by former RG Steel LLC employees, is launching a transloading and logistical services operation in a high-end steel warehouse.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released water again late last week from Carlyle Lake, a reservoir along the Kaskaskia River near St. Louis, to support the continuation of navigation on the Mississippi River.
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A contract to produce titanium components and subassemblies for the 787 Dreamliner is raising Ducommun Inc.’s role on the Boeing Co. airliner.
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Carl Icahn has thrown in the towel on his bid to create the largest North American rail car builder, unloading most of his stock in Greenbrier Cos.
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When it comes to new shale oil plays, rail is increasingly moving in on territory long dominated by pipelines.
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Excess capacity is likely to act as a major restraint on the market for 6061 aluminum plate in 2013, according to a number of service centers active in the market.
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An imminent strike by about 15,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) at 14 major East and Gulf coast ports has been temporarily averted.
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A Washington state law set to take effect Jan. 1 will restrict copper usage in automobile brake pads and likely affect copper and brake manufacturing across the country, industry leaders said.
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New trucking regulations scheduled to come into effect in 2013 have some ferroalloys market participants concerned about logistics.
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Executives at major metal-handling ports are disappointed that language in the most recent transportation bill has not translated into more money spent on maintaining the nation’s waterways.
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Shippers and vessel operators on the Great Lakes are taking a financial hit because of an inability to carry full loads due to insufficient port depths that don’t allow for vessels’ full drafts, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association.
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Automotive steel blanks manufacturer Shiloh Industries Inc. reported strong gains in quarterly and annual profits as the light vehicle sector continued to rebound.
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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) are continuing labor contract negotiations with just days to avert a strike that would affect containerized cargo along the East and Gulf coasts.
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Service centers have been plagued by thin margins and low volumes in the second half of 2012, and there’s little on the horizon to suggest that will change in 2013, a service center executive told AMM.
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Steel traders hope that demand will pick up with more market certainty in the second half of 2013.
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Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. has acquired plate processor Frontier Steel Co.
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Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits alleging that certain models had a "sticky" gas pedal that resulted in unintentional acceleration.
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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. is scaling back operations at its Chatham Steel Corp. division’s Ohio facility.
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Lisa P. Jackson has announced plans to step down as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency following President Obama’s State of the Union address in January.
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The metals industry is ripe for consolidation, but 2013 will not likely be the "breakthrough" year for merger and acquisition activity, according to an executive in GE Capital’s corporate finance division.
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AMM’s offices will be closed Jan. 1 for the New Year holiday, and no issue will be published on Jan. 2. The London Metal Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange also will be closed Jan. 1.
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Klöckner & Co. SE plans to sell its remaining operations in Eastern Europe to local competitors by the end of the first quarter.