Rautaruukki fire stoppage

A cable fire, apparently caused by a spark, occurred at the steel plant at Rautaruukki's Raahe steel works at 10.25pm in the evening of Monday 5 August, bringing steel production to a halt.

RTI supplies parts to EADS

RTI International Metals Inc., through its European subsidiary RTI Europe Ltd, will supply titanium products and parts to Europe's largest aerospace group, European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company.

Sensor-Technik relocates

Sensor-Technik has moved to bigger offices.

“Quick Turn” for Osprey

Osprey Metals has established a “Quick Turnâ€? prototyping service for machined components.

Voest-Alpine orders Rollmax Disc Load Cells

George Kelk Corp., Toronto, Canada, has received an order from Voest-Alpine Stahl Linz GmbH, Austria, for Rollmax Disc Load Cells to be used in a plate mill.

Stainless Steel Advisory Service relocates

Following the creation of IOM³ the Institute of Materials has relocated its Sheffield office to Doncaster, UK.

Sandvik’s Hiflex improves compressor designs

Specially formulated for the flapper valves of automotive and stationary air conditioning compressors, the new Sandvik Hiflex™ strip steel makes possible smaller, more efficient compressor designs.

Shell to cut 2000 jobs

Royal Dutch/Shell will cut 2000 jobs in the wake of results that it described as "frankly not as good as we expected".

BP favourite for China gas deal

As one of the Chinese energy sector's longest and hottest competitions draws to a close, the contestant favoured to win a multi-billion dollar gas supply contract also stands to lose the most.

Timken Store e-launches in Asia

The Timken Co. has launched the Timken Store at Endorsia.com in Asia as part of the company's growing e-business service to distributors around the world.