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Quanex Building Products Corporation will participate in the Davenport & Company Metals and Mining Conference on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in New York City.

Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation announced today that it has entered into a joint venture partnership for rental scaffolding, formwork and shoring services and equipment with one of the largest construction groups in China.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a slightly weaker start Friday, following the rally in the previous session on surprisingly strong third-quarter economic growth.

Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation announced today that its global Harsco Metals division has been awarded a new 10-year contract valued at more than $100 million over its duration to provide a range of on-site services at a major steelworks in Italy.

Beijing is sending a top-level official to Australia this week for the first time since a series of rows sent relations plummeting between the Asian giant and one of its key suppliers of raw materials.

Geoff Butler, president of Harsco Corp., left front, and Gao Xingfu, general manager of Zhejiang Construction Investment Group, right front, shake hands during Harsco Agreement signing ceremony as U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, back from left, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Zhejiang Provincial Governor Lu Zushan, 2nd back right, ...

Olympic Steel Inc. today reported a third-quarter profit of $671,000, or 6 cents a diluted share.

The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Steel Dynamics Inc., of Jeffersonville, $240,000 for safety violations stemming from an August incident that left one worker dead.

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. shares fell more than 7 percent Tuesday after managers of the Portland company said they expected a weak first quarter.

United States Steel Corp. is temporarily shutting down one of the two furnaces at its southwestern Illinois plant and another in Indiana.

Helped by increased automotive demand in the wake of the government's Cash for Clunkers program, AK Steel on Tuesday posted its first quarterly profit since the third quarter last year.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke delivers a speech during a breakfast meeting Wednesday Oct.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.

AK Steel eked out a profit in the latest quarter, surpassing Wall Street estimates, but investors sent the company's shares lower.

Net loss of $303 million, or $2.11 per share Shipments of 4.2 million tons, an increase of 41 percent from second quarter 2009 Net sales of $2.8 billion, an increase of 32 percent from second quarter 2009 Year to date cash flow from operations of $118 million Maintained strong liquidity position with $1.5 billion of cash and $2.7 billion of total ...

Steelmaker Nucor Corp. said Thursday rising materials costs pushed it to a third-quarter loss, adding that signs of an economic rebound have yet to translate into real improvement in steel demand.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are those of Visa Inc., McKesson Corp., and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

Nucor Corp., the largest U.S. steel maker by production, on Thursday reported its third quarterly loss in a row, hurt by higher material costs and weak demand for the metal.

Nucor Corp. Chief Financial Officer Terry Lisenby will retire at the end of the year.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited steel mill Republic Engineered Products Inc.

CHENNAI: Steel Authority of India has informed BSE that the Ministry of Steel has communicated to the company 'in principle' approval of the Department of Disinvestment for further public offer equivalent to 10 per cent of existing paid-up equity capital by SAIL as well as disinvestment of equivalent size of equity held by the Government of India ...

For those companies supplying China and India with the raw materials needed to drive their resilient engines of growth, business has never been better.

Nucor Corporation announced today a consolidated net loss of $29.5 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2009, compared to a net loss of $133.3 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2009, an improvement of 78%. The results compare to net income of $734.6 million, or $2.31 per diluted share, in the ...

The head of steelmaker Nucor Corp. indicated Thursday that the possible cost of any carbon legislation that emerges from Congress is still a key concern as the company decides whether to build a pig iron plant in Louisiana or South America.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., which processes and sells products to aerospace, energy and construction companies, said Thursday its third-quarter earnings plunged 73 percent, partly due to sharply lower sales.

GOOD PROSPECTS: The price reduction will be the first after three successive jumps since July, but the China market s oversupply of steel will ease with the new year By Kevin Chen STAFF REPORTER Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, Page 11 China Steel Corp , the nation s biggest steelmaker, yesterday announced it would lower domestic steel prices for December ...

Telephone lines to the Georgetown Sheriff's Office are out of order and are not expected to be restored for 24 to 48 hours, Lt.

The currently idle Crucible steel mill will hire 200 workers within the first 60 days under its new owner, said Jack Jankovic, a partner in J.P. Industries Inc.

Nucor Corp. Chief Financial Officer Terry Lisenby will retire at the end of the year.

JOSEPH, Mitchell C. Sr., 80, of Weirton, passed away October 17, 2009, in the Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, Ohio.

Ameron International Corp. said Monday it has restructured its management team and eliminated the job of chief operating officer.

Four-year-old Carter Myers is a big help for his mom, Meg Myers, in clearing leaves from their yard in Lancaster.

A* Sharon Tube Company retirees meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sharpsville American Legion.

London, Oct 13 : Indian-born steel tycoon Swraj Paul is to step down as Deputy Speaker of Britain's House of Lords for the duration of an expenses inquiry launched at his request, the upper chamber of parliament said.

When George Washington was president, Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co. in Hartford was busy making horse saddles in Hartford.

"Per NS Saloman, haven't followed his postings with the same attention as those of the late "ms." NSS some time back claimed he lived in Europe, Portugal I think it was.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the beholder needs something to compare it to.

Though most companies are committed to employee Hearing Conservation Programs, many still struggle to obtain a true assessment of the specific effectiveness of their efforts -- and of the individual hearing protection products they deploy -- on a worker-by-worker basis.

Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation announced today the signing of a new, multi-million dollar supply contract which expands its business with a major asphalt shingle manufacturer in the United States.

Harsco Corp. has announced new agreements between Harsco Minerals and two of Austria's leading stainless and specialty steel producers to recycle their metalmaking slags into commercial applications.

An Enterprise Zone Agreement made by the state of Ohio with the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.

Ilhavo, Portugal a ' 12/10/2009 a ' SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering Northwest Pipe Company .

Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to a 13-month high, as a weaker yen lifted Japanese automakers and brokerage recommendations boosted steelmakers and banks.

Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation announced today its acquisition of Nicol UK Ltd., a multi-disciplined provider of industrial insulation services, site services, and scaffolding to major petrochemical, energy and industrial clients throughout the UK.

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Anne L. Stevens, former top ranking executive at Ford Motor Co., has resigned as chairman, chief executive officer and president of Carpenter Technology Corp., Spring Township, the company said Monday.

An Ohio husband and wife are both undergoing treatment for breast cancer in a case that illustrates how the disease can strike both sexes.

The highly coveted win by Rio de Janeiro to host the Summer Olympics in 2016 opens up a broad range of investment plays in Brazil, a market that's already surged this year on bets that the country's economic recovery will outshine many others, analysts say.

Major equity markets in Latin America edged higher Friday as investors eyed weekly advances stemming from signs of economic stabilization and improvement in corporate results.

An analyst Friday upgraded AK Steel Holding Corp. shares, which recently have declined to the point where they offer an attractive value for investors.

In an upbeat note on the U.S. steel sector, Deutsche Bank told investors Friday to buy shares of AK Steel , saying the steelmaker is an attractive acquisition candidate.

Spitting a fine stream of red betel-leaf juice into the knee-deep waters of his rice paddies, Subhash Mahapatra points to the line dividing his land from his neighbor's. It's not much, but his family has cultivated rice on the two acres of dark, loamy soil for generations, and Mahapatra knows of no other way to feed his children.

By Robert Norris of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: October 08. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: October 07.

LKQ Corp. acquired Greenleaf Auto Recyclers LLC from Schnitzer Steel Industries .

The auto-parts maker Delphi Corp. is headquartered in Troy, Mich., in the heart of the region that made the United States the car capital of the world.

The story of the purchase and sale of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. by the Bouchard brothers and their Esmark firm is the topic of a book written by Craig T. Bouchard that hit the market Monday.

Stocks discussed on the lightning round s ession of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Monday October 5. Bullish Calls: STEC : " I feel like I am going to get hurt by this one but I know that the stock was down.

Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Monday evening.

Our analysts have issued free ratings reports on the following six companies: Allegheny Technologies Inc.

Ilhavo, Portugal a ' 28/09/2009 a ' SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering United States Steel Corporation .

LKQ Corporation today announced that it has acquired Greenleaf Auto Recyclers, LLC from Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. on Friday announced a deal with LKQ Corp. in which it will acquire six self-service used auto parts shops while selling its full-service auto parts business.

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The entire skyline of AK Steel's Middletown Works is shrouded in smoke as Middletown fire crews battle a reported blaze at the facility's blast furnace.

Last week, Gov. Bobby Jindal joined Northwest Pipe Co.'s Tubular Group President Bob Mahoney, Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation, or GBEDF, President David Rockett and several local leaders to announce the revitalization of Northwest Pipe's facility in Bossier City, that has been idle for three years.

A shoplifter ran from the Fairgrounds Square Mall more than a half-mile along a busy highway as a witness followed in a car, then jumped off a bridge onto the Carpenter Technology Corp.