Gov. Mark Sanford and Thomas Sax, CEO of American Titanium Works (ATW), announced that ATW will build a world-class titanium mini-mill facility in Laurens County, South Carolina. American Titanium Works LLC, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, will invest an estimated $422 million and plans to employ 320 people at its new facility in Laurens County.
Under one [...]

Phillip Ware, President and Chief Executive Officer of Coastal Caribbean Oils & Minerals, Ltd. , announced today that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Coastal Petroleum Company, and Western Standard Energy Corp. are continuing completion efforts on the shallow gas prospect well drilled last year on Coastal’s Valley County, Montana Leases. The Company also announced the [...]

CME Group, the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced that it will launch US Midwest Domestic Hot-Rolled Coil (HRC) steel futures contracts for trading and clearing on CME Globex® and ClearPort®, beginning on October 19 for the October 20 trade date.
The contract will be financially settled against an index developed by CRU International [...]

ONEOK Partners, L.P. announced plans to build a $70 million to $80 million natural gas liquids pipeline lateral, connecting the Denver-Julesburg Basin in northeastern Colorado with the Overland Pass Pipeline that is currently being constructed.
The 125-mile D-J Basin Lateral Pipeline is designed to transport as much as 55,000 barrels per day of raw natural gas [...]

Northern Border Pipeline Company, along with its owners, TC Pipelines, LP and ONEOK Partners, L.P., announced the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bison Pipeline LLC, to TransCanada Pipeline USA Ltd..
The assets of Bison Pipeline LLC include executed precedent agreements, as well as regulatory, environmental and engineering activities completed to date on the Bison Pipeline [...]

Mayor Richard M. Daley and officials from Tempel Steel, one of the north side’s largest companies, announced today that the company will expand and renovate its current manufacturing plant in Chicago, and bring more than 350 jobs to the city.
The Chicago-based company, which manufactures steel laminations used in electric motors and transformers, announced it would [...]

FreightCar America, Inc. reported financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2008. For the second quarter of 2008, sales were $141.3 million and net loss was $0.9 million, or a net loss of $0.08 per diluted share. These results include charges related to a loss contingency reserve due to sharp material cost increases [...]

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. today announced that it has been named a recipient of a prestigious R&D 100 Awards for 2008, which recognize the 100 most significant proven technological advances of the year, according to R&D Magazine.
These awards have been called the “Oscars of Invention.” For more than 45 years, the R&D Awards have provided [...]

North American Salt Company, a subsidiary of Compass Minerals, has been named Supplier of the Year by True Value Company for outstanding service in the lawn and garden category. The award recognizes companies whose contributions have helped drive the growth of the True Value co-op and its members, resulting in the highest level of quality [...]

EnerCom, Inc., announced today the lineup and schedule for The Oil & Gas Conference®, http://www.theoilandgasconference.com. In its 13th year, the Conference, held in Denver Aug. 10-14, is the oldest and largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 70 companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $500 billion. This premier forum [...]