Constitution Mining Corp. announces the appointment of Dr. Michael Stocker to serve as the company’s Chairman of the Board.
The Board of Directors appointed Dr. Michael Stocker to serve as a member and Chairman of the board of directors. Dr. Stocker replaces Patrick Gorman as Chairman of the board of directors and Mr. Gorman will continue [...]

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, announced that it has won a major contract to upgrade control and automation systems at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and regasification plant near Barcelona, Spain.
The site, at Barcelona Terminal, is one of three such facilities run by Enagas, Spain’s leading natural gas [...]

ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel company, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Koppers’ Monessen Coke Plant from Koppers Inc. for $US 160 million.
Koppers’ Monessen Coke Plant, located in Monessen, Pennsylvania produced 320,000 metric tons of metallurgical coke in 2007. The transaction is subject to receipt of relevant regulatory approvals.
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ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest integrated metals and mining company, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Concept Group (“Concept”).
Concept, located in southern West Virginia and adjacent to the recently acquired Mid Vol Coal Group in the Central Appalachian Coal Basin, produced 0.8 million tons of metallurgical coking coal in 2007 and [...]

ArcelorMittal announces is has acquired the outstanding 60% of the shares in Rolanfer Recyclage S.A. (“Rolanfer”) which now gives it 100% control over the company.
Rolanfer is based in Yutz (France) near Thionville on the border with Luxembourg and operates a shredder at the port of Illange. Rolanfer specialises in the processing and recycling of scrap [...]

ArcelorMittal, the world largest integrated metals and mining company, has acquired Astralloy Steel Products Inc. (“Astralloy”) a subsidiary of IMS International Metal Service. Astralloy operates three warehouses and employs 60 people in North America. Its 2007 revenues were USD 34 million.
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ArcelorMittal today announces that it has increased its stake in Macarthur Coal Limited (ASX: MCC - News) from 14.9% to 19.9%, following the acquisition of a further 5 % stake (10,607,830 shares) from Talbot Group Holdings.
The shares were purchased at $ AUD 20, bringing ArcelorMittal’s total investment in Macarthur Coal to $ AUD 843 million. [...]

ArcelorMittal welcomes the allocation of a mining lease in respect of the Karampada iron ore deposit to the Company by the Governments of India and Jharkhand for its integrated steel plant to be based in Jharkhand.
The Karampada iron ore deposit is located in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand with estimated reserves of 65 million tons [...]

Tens of thousands of truckers in Spain are on strike over soaring fuel costs, parking their big rigs and snarling traffic around Madrid and Barcelona.
The Spanish protest is one of a number across Europe, and comes as a Spanish fishermen’s protest against high fuel prices enters a second week, with smaller boats now joining the [...]

ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest and most global steel company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bakermet, a market leader in the scrap metal recycling industry in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
Bakermet, which specializes in all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metal, processed approximately 130,000 short tons of ferrous and 40 million pounds of [...]