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Lead-acid battery producer Exide Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil-based Comab to produce and service motive power industrial batteries.
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An unusual early spring snowstorm in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic mostly passed steelmakers by, with production and shipping at most sites in the region remaining normal, sources told AMM March 25.
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Stainless steel companies must maintain strong lines of communication throughout their supply chains, although this can be challenging for mills further upstream, speakers at the Metals Service Center Institute’s Specialty Metals Division Conference said.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a ministerial error notice concerning the final determination in the anti-dumping duty investigation of drawn stainless steel sinks from China.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has extended its final results by 21 days to April 30 for the anti-dumping duty administrative review of diamond sawblades from South Korea and China.
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The St. Lawrence Seaway’s 55th navigation season opened March 22 as Canada Steamship Lines Inc.’s new cargo vessel Baie St. Paul moved through the St. Lambert Lock.
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The Port of New Orleans has given its approval for work to begin on its Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal Project.
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Pennsylvania Steel Co. Inc., a metals distributor that carries hot-rolled and cold-finished bar, tool steel, stainless, plate, sheet, tubing and structural sections, has promoted Chris Keiser to general manager of its Richmond, Va., division.
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The board of directors of the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) has elected William J. Adler Jr. as its 2013 chairman.
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Chinese lead-acid battery makers are calling on the central government to delay or reconsider a new tax on battery consumption that is likely to hit the local industry.
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The Canadian government has announced a plan that will invest Canadian $53 billion ($52.8 billion) in the country’s infrastructure, marking "the largest and longest federal investment in provincial, territorial and municipal infrastructure projects in Canadian history," it said in a March 21 statement.
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Timken Co.’s board of directors has recommended to shareholders that they vote down a proposal to spin off its steel business.
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Phoenix Metals Co., a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., will construct a $4-million metal processing and warehousing facility in Fort Smith, Ark.
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When construction activity finally heats up, it should be a boon for Worthington Industries Inc.’s steel business and its metal framing and metal ceiling grid joint ventures, according to company executives.
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The recovery of the residential construction sector is creating a “housing glut” which may not actually support wider economic growth, economist Peter Morici told delegates at the Metals Service Center Institute’s Specialty Metals Division Conference March 21.
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Worthington Industries Inc.’s pressure cylinder business continues to grow, with the unit’s employed capital now outpacing that of its steel segment and more acquisitions likely on the radar, the company’s top executives said.
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A San Francisco environmental group has filed a lawsuit against a steel fabricator, alleging the company allowed “unlawful discharge of pollutants” into a San Francisco Bay tributary.
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With the help of key acquisitions and the installation of new management, Shiloh Industries Inc. is quickly evolving to meet the needs of North American automakers, a company executive told AMM.
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ArcelorMittal SA has installed new post-treatment technology on the No. 1 galvanizing line at its Vega do Sul flat-rolled steel mill in Brazil’s southern Santa Catarina state following a $10-million investment.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in a unanimous vote said imports of drawn stainless steel sinks from China are causing material injury to the U.S. industry.
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Worthington Industries Inc.’s net income swelled in its fiscal third quarter as an increase in volumes more than offset lower average selling prices in its steel processing division, the company said.
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Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. plans to expand its use of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) starting in 2017 as part of an initiative to reduce vehicle weight by 15 percent, it said.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed its alliance with the Steel Erectors’ Association of Metropolitan Philadelphia and Ironworkers’ Union Local 401.
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One worker remains hospitalized after an explosion earlier this month at Amsted Rail Co. Inc.’s Granite City, Ill., foundry.