Alloy steel news Vertical Machining Centers suit large-part industries. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release), NY - 10 minutes ago ... products & turned parts in aluminum, alloy steel, ... more ISO 9001:2000 certified applicator of manufacturing services including honing, laser marking, ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:51 GMT aluminium industry news Oil, metals prices slide on market turbulence   - Business Day South Africa price of oil sank to almost $50 a barrel yesterday, its lowest in nearly two years, and metals prices also continued tumbling as the turmoil gripping world markets resulted in waning demand and the future of the US car industry hung in the ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:24 GMT Murmansk Region - Kommersant mansk Region is located on the Kola Peninsula in the northeastern part of European Russia. The region has coastlines on the Barents and White seas and borders on Norway and Finland in the west and Karelia in the south. Its generally accepted date ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:24 GMT Nissan Chief Expects Consolidation - AOL ANGELES (Nov. 19) - Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday that he expects the current crisis in the auto industry will soon lead some carmakers to consolidate. Ghosn made his remarks at the Los Angeles Auto ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:24 GMT Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate - Seattle Times lan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit&os;s once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance. Senate Majority Leader ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:24 GMT PERU: My Mining Deposits Are Under Your House - Inter Press Service n pit mine in Cerro de Pasco. Credit:Kristhian Luis Pachas Condor LIMA, Nov 19 (IPS) - "Just imagine you’re told you have to leave your house, your livestock, the graves of your loved ones, and then they take you to an unfamiliar place without ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:17 GMT CIS steel industry news DFT Truck Scales, the Fifth Generation: More Robust and More Powerful than Ever soon as the latest generation of mature technologies concentrates solely on making optimum features even better, customers get much more than a basic product. These innovative extras are the icing on the cake. The new DFT truck scales from Schenck Process have received top marks for their noteworthy optimisations. The first of these is the cost-effective overall solution with its new, highly robust legal-for-trade VDW load cell, which has been designed especially for the DFT variant. The experience gained from the DFT variant of the truck scales, more than 2,700 of which have been sold throughout Europe to date, can be seen in the latest generation's optimised concept. For example, the en Posted Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:41 GMT 4B NTC Watchdog &amp;quot;Elite&amp;quot; Multi-Functional Hazard Monitor The 4B Watchdog Elite, which has established itself as the industry-standard product for hazard monitoring in bucket elevators and conveyors, has now been relaunched with continuous bearing temperature monitoring. A multi-functional hazard monitor that monitors belt and pulley alignment (top and bottom), bearing temperature, belt speed and blocked chute conditions, the 4B Watchdog is a comprehensive monitoring system that allows complete monitoring of multiple hazards in a bucket elevator or conveyor. The Watchdog system uses a range of compatible sensors to monitor different hazards, s... Posted Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:00 GMT Chinese steel import applications to Europe - SteelGuru SteelGuru, India - 2 hours ago Ukraine was the second largest applicant with 30000 tonnes, while Indonesia came third, having applied to import 24000 tonnes into the EU. 6. ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:15 GMT Pakistan demand is slow, imports sell for low prices - Steel Business Briefing (registration) Steel Business Briefing (registration), UK - 4 hours ago The material coming from China and Ukraine is being dumped in the market which causes great problem for the local suppliers.” The market sources state that ... Indian steelmakers unimpressed by 5% import duty Steel Business Briefing (registration)< Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:29 GMT Avoid robotics downtime through maintenance Automation explains why preventative maintenance is the single most important thing you can do to avoid problems with your robot system or automation. Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00 GMT

Coal and coke news Campus returns to coal for heating - MSU The Trail Blazer Online MSU The Trail Blazer Online, KY - 4 hours ago The coal-fired boilers that have provided steam to heat campus buildings and water since their installation 40 years ago were shut down in March 2007 ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:25 GMT Walter Industries Shares Plummet - Tampa Tribune Tampa Tribune, FL - 5 hours ago Tampa-based Walter is a major producer of metallurgical coal, with mines in Alabama. Metallurgical coal is a key ingredient in steel production. ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:04 GMT

Coal producers prepare for tough times ahead - Jakarta Post Jakarta Post, Indonesia - 7 hours ago Another coal producer, state owned PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam (PTBA), said it would also reconsider its long term projects, including a steam-turbine ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:46 GMT

US coal exports likely to drop 15% in - SteelGuru

SteelGuru, India - 7 hours ago This will be due to a higher dollar, lower freight rates, improvements in Australia's port capacity and lower metallurgical coal demand. As per the report, ... Macarthur Coal bracing for steel down SteelGuru Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:20 GMT

NWR Says Regional Coal Shortage Will Help 2009 Sales (Update1) (Bloomberg)

. 20 (Bloomberg) -- New World Resources NV , the Czech Republic’s biggest supplier of coking coal to steel mills, said it will sell all its 2009 output because of a regional shortage. Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:16 GMT

copper industry news

Some ski resorts expecting layoffs - KUSA-TV WS has confirmed that Intrawest will make an announcement Wednesday, which will include layoffs at some of their resorts, including at least one in Colorado. Intrawest manages the Steamboat, Copper Mountain and Winter Park resorts. While Ski ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:24 GMT Copper–wire thefts decrease - Independent Florida Alligator h the plummeting economy making the metal industry one of its latest victims, the appeal of stealing scrap metal for resale could be dwindling. Copper–wire thefts that skyrocketed in August have decreased with deflating values of scrap metal and ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:17 GMT GM, Chrysler scale back glitz at LA auto show - ABC 33/40 News ANGELES - Chrysler and General Motors are still showing off their newest vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but their displays were noticeably quiet Wednesday while Asian and European companies unveiled new models that will likely chip away ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:25 GMT Bailout doubts drive down Barclays to a 14-year low - Times Online d the will-it, won’t-it speculation surrounding the future of Barclays and its search for support was more bad news for the bank yesterday. It dropped 19.9p, 13 per cent, to a 14-year share-price low of 129.6p after talk spread that it may have ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:57 GMT COMMODITIES-Copper, oil get cold shoulder, gold seen safer - Forbes YORK (Reuters) - U.S. copper futures slid 3.6 percent Wednesday, and not even freezing U.S. temperatures could save crude oil from the cold shoulder of investors rattled by the global economic meltdown. The government reported the sharpest drop ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:13 GMT

Ferroalloy news

Travel - MSNBC.com d tips and advice on travel? Find that and more here. ... Whether you&os;re single or coupled, getting away from other people&os;s kids can be the key to a restful vacation. Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:36 GMT Chinese Mo prices still falling in quiet market - Metalbulletin.com (subscription) Metalbulletin.com (subscription), UK - 2 hours ago Ferro-molybdenum export offers are around $23-24 per kg fob, from $25-28 per kg fob a week ago. Molybdenum concentrate offers have narrowed at the lower end ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:27 GMT

Iron ore mining news

DEALTALK-Japan hopes EU will heed its fears over BHP/Rio - Reuters DEALTALK-Japan hopes EU will heed its fears over BHP/Rio Reuters - 2 hours ago Japan does not want to see its $200 billion steel industry at the mercy of a single resources giant that would control Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:39 GMT UPDATE 1-Fortescue bucks trend to sell China more iron ore - Reuters Reuters - 2 hours ago 3 iron ore miner, has increased its sales to China in stark contrast to gloom surrounding a sector reeling from falling orders from steel mills. ... China increases demand for Fortescue iron ore The Australian Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:34 GMT China and Peru agree trade deal - BBC Asia-Pacific jing wants greater access to Latin American raw materials - mainly copper, zinc and iron ore - and lower tariffs on its exports to the region. Mr Hu is on the final leg of a tour to Latin America designed to cement China&os;s growing influence in the ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:24 GMT Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn tescue Metals Group Ltd, Australia&os;s third largest iron ore producer, will increase sales to a Chinese mill after contract negotiations and has delivered a trading profit of $360 million for the third quarter. The Andrew Forrest-led group said it ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:17 GMT Australia Benchmark Index Drops 51% From Record High Last Year - Bloomberg Bloomberg - 3 hours ago Contract iron-ore prices, at a record after six years of gains, may decline 30 percent next year amid falling steel production and a slump in cash prices, ... Posted Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:10 GMT

magnesium industry news

Customers claim railroads illegally “fixed” prices - North Platte Bulletin e than two-dozen customers of Union Pacific Railroad and the next four largest U.S. railroad companies claim in a lawsuit the railroads made billions of dollars by illegally fixing prices on fuel surcharges. But lawyers for UP, Burlington Northern ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:15 GMT MSI trots out colorful VR220 YA Edition ultraportable - engadget engadget, CA - 8 hours ago MSI packed all those features to clean magnesium alloy case, which weighs less than 4 pounds. Mobile users will also enjoy the VR220's 802.11 b/g/n wireless ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:14 GMT

Nov 16 - Nov 22 (146) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com horus of voices is demanding a new direction for national gay politics, which will require, at a minimum, the removal of the current, failed "leadership". Chris Crain calls for a federal civil unions bill, backed by even Sarah Palin in the veep ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:53 GMT

Leggett & Platt Honors 12 for Technology Advancement - Home Furnishings Business Home Furnishings Business, PA - 1 hour ago Guerndt and Lewandowski created and promoted the design and technology of the MAG Dock, the industry’s first low-density and affordable magnesium docking ... Posted Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:50 GMT