Leading metalforming manufacturers from the United States, Asia, Latin America and Europe will hear from industry giants and discuss the top challenges facing the industry worldwide at the 16th International Congress of Sheet Metal Presswork Associations (ICOSPA) September 14-17 in Grand Rapids, MI.
The focus of the program is taken from today’s manufacturing headlines: the rising [...]

The Board of Directors of Mustang Minerals Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Ward P.Eng as Senior Vice President of Mustang. Mr. Ward’s primary role, commencing in September 2008 will be to oversee the completion of a positive feasibility study for the Maskwa Nickel Project located near Lac du Bonnet Manitoba, and [...]

Mueller Industries, Inc., announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend will be payable September 15, 2008, to shareholders of record on September 1, 2008.
Mueller Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of copper tube and fittings; brass and copper [...]

French energy group Suez said on Friday that it had ended talks with British Energy about buying the partly-privatised group, adding that its priority was merging with state gas group GDF.
“As previously indicated, the completion of the merger with Gaz de France remains Suez’s key priority,” said a statement released to the London Stock Exchange.
“Accordingly, [...]

Mechel, a leading Russian mining and metals company, said on Thursday it had acquired 95.69% of shares in the UK-based Oriel Resources Plc, which owns assets in Russia and Kazakhstan.
Mechel made a $1.498 billion purchase offer to Oriel, a London-based chrome and nickel mining and processing company valued at around $1.2 billion, in late March. [...]

The world’s third largest miner Rio Tinto Wednesday said iron ore sales were at a record level in the first quarter despite lower production from Western Australia.
The miner also said aluminium output had reached an all-time high in the three months to March 2008, reflecting the first full quarter contribution from Canada’s Alcan Inc which [...]

Russian steel maker Mechel said on Wednesday it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion (750 million pounds) in cash to acquire ferro-chrome producer Oriel Resources as it expands its ferro-alloy business.
Mechel, Russia’s largest coking coal producer, said it would pay 219.86 U.S. cents per share in Oriel, a Britain-based company that operates a ferro-chrome [...]

Takeover target Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) will book a profit of about $26 million from the sale of its interest in Britain’s Northern Gas Networks Ltd (NGN) to RREEF Alternative Investments.
RREEF Alternative Investments, the global alternative investment management business of Deutsche Bank, bought CIF’s 5.8 per cent stake in NGN for STG 48.8 million ($A105.1 [...]

UK Coal, Britain’s biggest coal supplier, is understood to be planning to dismiss an informal approach from Meinl, an Austrian investor, to buy the company’s coal and power generation units.
UK Coal received a letter last week from the board of Meinl saying it was interested in purchasing the company’s operations, excluding its property interests, and [...]

KIOGE is the exhibition and conference for the Caspian region and Central Asia that attracts the energy companies as well as producers of equipment and technology in the oil and gas sector. The trade fair focuses on exploration technology, offshore technology, drilling technology, pipelines and equipment, oil and gas transportation systems, process engineering and refinery [...]