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Cascade Steel workers reject contract, authorize strike

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:44 GMT

by Anne Saker, The Oregonian Workers at Cascade Steel Rolling Mills Inc. in McMinnville voted down the company's most recent contract offer today and ...

Open Briefing(R) OceanaGold CEO Explains Upside from Didipio

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:33 GMT

Leighton has begun to mobilise equipment and are expected to start the pre-strip of the open-pit later this month. Earlier this week, we announced that ...ASX:AND

African Copper Q1 Results

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:18 GMT

An additional amount of Pounds Sterling 21313 (2006: Pounds Sterling 106737) was recorded during the first quarter of 2008 as a non-cash expenditure to ...LON:ACU

TAKE A LOOK-BHP Billiton bids for Rio Tinto - Reuters UK

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:13 GMT

BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc (BHP.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ) (BLT.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) Chief Executive Marius Kloppers won&os;t rule out adding cash to its all-share, around $135 billion bid for Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc (RIO.AX: Quote , Profile ...

The man who rehabilitated Ronald McDonald

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:31 GMT

Most notably, the group pursued the London Greenpeace campaigners David Morris and Helen Steel through the courts in a battle that became known as the ...

Japan's GDP Grew More-Than-Estimated 3.3% on Exports (Update1) - Bloomberg

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:23 GMT

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Japan&os;s economy grew faster than economists estimated last quarter as exports to Asia and emerging markets helped the nation weather the U.S. slowdown. Gross domestic product expanded an annualized 3.3 percent in the three ...

Kinder Morgan announces $12.8M expansion

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:10 GMT

The expansion will allow the company to handle raw materials for SeverCorr, the new steel mill in Columbus. According to company officials, the expansion at ...KMP

Business Digest

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:03 GMT

Shipments of ethanol and automobiles, as well as increased shipments of coal and steel ingots, account for the increase in conventional freight revenues. ...BCR

Japan's Economy Grew More Than Estimated in the First Quarter - Bloomberg

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:01 GMT

(AMM) TK taps Broner software for new Alabama mill

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:31 GMT

Broner said its software packages will be used in the new plant's hot-strip mill, hot- and cold-rolling mills and galvanizing line, and will cover processes ...

(AMM) PNA claims number one spot in mills? beam order books

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:28 GMT

Before the $44.7 Sugar Steel purchase, PNA through its two Houston-based units, Delta Steel Inc. and Metals Supply Co., was the largest customer of two of ...

Newcastle steels itself for EIA

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:04 GMT

âWhile ArcelorMittal South Africa is committed to expanding the plant by 2011, it doesnât know how it will supply the mill with power,â CEO Nku ...

St. James may still get huge steel mill - L'Observateur

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:57 GMT

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Congressman Charlie Melancon, D-La., announced that steel-maker Nucor Corporation has applied for the necessary permits to build the first U.S. raw materials mill in 30 years in St ...

General Steel Holdings Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results - Forbes

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:07 GMT

BEIJING, May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Steel Holdings, Inc. ("General Steel") ("Company") (NYSE Arca: GSI), one of China&os;s leading non-state owned steel products producer; today announced its financial results for the first quarter ...

General Steel Holdings Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results - Earthtimes

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:59 GMT

BEIJING , May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Steel Holdings, Inc. ("General Steel") ("Company") (NYSE Arca: GSI), one of China&os;s leading non-state owned steel products producer; today announced its financial results for the first quarter ...

Platts Steel Markets Daily Is Now Reporting Prices Of Hot-Rolled ...

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:45 GMT

"We're pleased we can answer the steel industry's call for a reliable source of timely, transparent and independent steel price information from Asia as ...

Jim Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Buy SPX - Street.Com

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:31 GMT

Buy SPX SPW Jim Cramer said on CNBC&os;s "Stop Trading!" segment Thursday. Cramer praised CEO Christopher Kearney, calling him "truly impressive." He said SPX represents "what I call one of the new tech stocks." He said the company is making energy ...

Brazil steel consumption revised higher - industry

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:27 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's steel industry raised its forecast for sales growth in the red-hot domestic market this year to over 13 percent ...