North American Salt Company and Sifto Canada Corp., both subsidiaries of Compass Minerals, have announced an average $4.50 per-ton price increase on liquid magnesium chloride-based products effective with all North American shipments on November 3, 2008, or as contracts allow. This 6 percent to 10 percent average price increase is being implemented to support investments [...]
CREDO Petroleum Corporation updated operational activities. James T. Huffman, President, stated, “Since the last operational update, we have made good progress on both our drilling and Calliope projects. CREDO has recently drilled seven wells of which four are producers, yielding a 57% success rate. A total of eight new wells are either awaiting completion or [...]
Inergy, L.P. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Inergy Midstream, LLC, has closed the acquisition of US Salt, LLC.
As previously disclosed, US Salt is an industry-leading solution mining and salt production company located in Schuyler County, New York, between Inergy’s Stagecoach and Steuben County natural gas storage facilities. US Salt’s operations are complementary to [...]
Inergy, L.P. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Inergy Midstream, LLC, has executed a definitive agreement to purchase 100% of the membership interests in US Salt, LLC (“US Salt”), an industry-leading solution mining and salt production company located in Schuyler County, New York, between Inergy’s Stagecoach and Steuben County natural gas storage facilities. [...]
Nucor Corporationannounced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The David J. Joseph Company (”DJJ”), has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of the American Compressed Steel operations of Secondary Resources, Inc. American Compressed is based in Kansas City, Missouri. In addition, DJJ has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Victoria, Texas-based [...]
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 [...]
North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc. announced record earnings for the first six months and the second quarter of 2008. The second quarter of 2008 is the Company’s tenth consecutive quarter of record earnings.
Consolidated net earnings for the 2008 second quarter were $3.4 million ($.27 per share), compared with $2.2 million ($.17 per share) in [...]
Magellan Midstream Partners shut down a fuel distribution terminal in Kansas City, Kan., while a fire apparently started by a lightning strike last night still burns in an aboveground storage tank.
The tank, which can hold 145,000 barrels, held about 28,000 barrels of unleaded gas when the fire started. The blaze is under control and no [...]
State regulators on Tuesday signed off on plans to build one of the nation’s first plants that would turn dirty coal into cleaner fuel, generating electricity while dramatically reducing smog and mercury pollution.
If built amid cornfields outside Taylorville, about 200 miles southwest of Chicago, the 630-megawatt plant would provide a lucrative boost to the state’s [...]
A Eugene woman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that major oil companies are chiseling motorists by selling overly warm fuel that delivers less energy than it should.
The premise of the lawsuit and those filed in several other states is that as gasoline and diesel fuel warm, they take up more room in tanks [...]
