To strengthen its world-class product and service offerings, Caterpillar Inc. is aligning its machine product and marketing organizations to sharpen customer focus, position the company to achieve its 2010 and Vision 2020 goals and build deep expertise in product development.
“We are well-positioned for long-term success,” said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Owens. “And Team Caterpillar [...]

DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide grades sold in Latin America.
Effective Oct. 1, Latin American prices for all DuPont titanium dioxide grades will increase by $150 (USD) per metric ton. This increase is in addition to the price increases previously announced.
“Demand for TiO2 remains strong. Higher raw [...]

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the outstanding capital stock of PNA Group Holding Corporation, a national steel service center group. The transaction value of approximately $1.065 billion included approximately $725 million of PNA’s debt that was repaid or refinanced, including the settlement of Reliance’s cash [...]

DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide grades sold in Latin America.
Effective August 1 2008, prices for DuPont coatings, plastics, specialty, paper, and laminate titanium dioxide grades will increase $150 (US$) per metric ton in Latin America.
“While demand for TiO2 remains quite strong, our costs - from raw [...]

Aleris Rolled and Extruded Products Europe announced today the following price increases:
5% on all 2xxx and 7xxx plate products for aerospace applications
8% on conversion prices for coil coat applications
6% on conversion prices for all other rolled products regarding transactions denominated in Euros and 25% on conversion prices for all other rolled products regarding transactions denominated [...]

Uranium Hunter Corporation is pleased to announce that the company’s helicopter airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, conducted by New Resolution Geophysics (”NRG”) of South Africa, has concluded. The 1000 line kilometer survey flown over the Ruhuhu Concession, which is considered one of the most promising uranium sites in the world, aimed to delineate uranium [...]

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 [...]

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which makes solar products, received a contract from Belgium-based Enfinity Management BVBA to supply solar modules.
The agreement, financial terms of which were not disclosed, calls for China-based Yingli to supply 10 megawatts of solar modules, or packages of solar cells.
The contract, which runs from this month through the end [...]

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.
About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest integrated metals and mining company, with over 310,000 employees [...]