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Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Wilkinson Steel & Metals Inc. from Nova Capital Management Ltd.
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Greenbrier Cos. has received orders for 5,400 rail cars worth $575 million, the manufacturer said this week, bringing to 9,600 the total number of rail car orders the company has received since Sept. 1.
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The U.S. manufacturing sector has undergone a "remarkable transformation" in recent years, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) said in its five-year progress report.
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Leeco Steel LLC, which processes and distributes carbon, high-strength low-alloy, heat-treated and alloy plate steel, has opened a service center in Hamilton, Ontario, its first in Canada.
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Service center sources say they are somewhat less sanguine than some industry analysts at the prospect of another major entrant into the domestic flat-rolled steelmaking market.
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Automotive supplier sentiment remained flat this month as delays in new vehicle program launches, Europe’s recession and the impact of federal budget sequestration held any optimism in check, according to the latest survey from the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA).
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Three Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) tanker cars began leaking oil after a train carrying crude from Alberta derailed near Parkers Prairie, Minn., early March 27.
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The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of anti-dumping duty orders on imports of stainless steel bar from Brazil, India and Japan; cut-to-length steel plate from South Korea; small-diameter graphic electrodes from China; and uncovered innerspring units from China.
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Martin J. Durbin has been named president and chief executive officer of America’s Natural Gas Alliance effective May 1.
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Chilean copper producer Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) is looking for alternative ways to export copper as more ports in the country join the stevedores’ strike, which started at Angamos.
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David Lawrence, Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s executive vice president of exploration and commercial, upstream Americas, is resigning from the company.
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A major consumer of both copper and aluminum says a battle for dominance presses on between the two markets for certain applications, particularly as pricing differentials make the economics of substitution increasingly attractive.
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TCT Stainless Steel Inc. has commissioned a new 64-inch-wide heavy-gauge slitter, adding to the 20-inch light-gauge slitter commissioned by the company in late 2012.
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General Cable views its prospects as bright following a year in which it made five major acquisitions.
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A nonprofit group that includes major U.S. steel and metal producers has reiterated its warning that further exports of natural gas should be monitored carefully in light of a deal between Houston-based Cheniere Energy Partners LP and British firm Centrica Plc.
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Marmon Distribution Services Inc. vice president Alan Wilkinson has taken over leadership of Marmon/Keystone Canada Inc.
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Nonresidential construction, one of the largest steel markets yet to show a significant recovery from the recession, could start to pick up later this year, according to one Citigroup Inc. analyst.
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Empire Resources Inc., an international distributor of semifinished steel and aluminum products, posted net income of $3.96 million last year, down 20.1 percent from $4.96 million in 2011.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board has formed a research advisory panel to review its 2014 draft report on the possible effects of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," on drinking water.
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Caterpillar Inc. has opened a new powertrain facility in Wuxi, China, to make axles, transmissions and final drives for use in a range of Caterpillar earth moving and mining machinery products as it looks to capture "the long-term opportunities related to economic development and infrastructure investment" in the Asian nation.
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Service centers are reporting extending lead times for all copper and brass products on the back of strong demand from the automotive and housing sectors, which could encourage some buyers to turn to imports.
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Independent toll processor Andes Coil Processors LLC has opened a new toll-slitting, warehousing and distribution center in Gary, Ind.
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Gregory Lohnes has resigned as chairman of the board and director of TC PipeLines GP Inc., effective March 25.
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California structural steel fabricator SOS Steel Co. Inc. is confident it will reach a settlement in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by an San Francisco environmental group, company president Steve Boucher said.