>  Chinese Investment Backs Trinidad Aluminum Smelter

125,000-metric tons/year project gets $400 million from Ex-Im Bank of China  07/03/2008 >  ArcelorMittal to Process Automotive Strip in China

Joint venture will produce cold-rolled and coated strip  07/01/2008 >  Esmark Gives in to Severstal for $775 Million

Russian steelmaker is now fourth-largest in U.S.  06/25/2008 >  Baosteel Agrees to Near-Double Price for Iron Ore

96.5% increase seen as the new global benchmark  06/24/2008 >  Kaiser Aluminum to Expand Extrusion Plant

Project will add capacity, capabilities at Tennalum  06/24/2008 >  Alcoa Cuts Aluminum Output by 120,000-Mtpy

Market electricity rates force cutback at Texas smelter  06/22/2008 >  Nucor Orders Bar Mill Redesign from SMS

At Darlington, uniform rolling size for intermediate and finishing segments  06/20/2008 >  North American Steel, Aluminum Shipments Drop Again

Service centers show “no discernible direction in either direction”  06/19/2008 >  ArcelorMittal to Buy Bayou Steel for $475 Million

Expands long-products portfolio, adds scrap management assets  06/16/2008 >  Nucor Contracts Design, Construction for $2-Billion Project

Daniel Corus would build Louisiana blast furnace plant  06/13/2008 >  ArcelorMittal Plans to Double Plant’s Capacity to 10 Million Mtpy

Kazakhstan project may take nine years to complete  06/10/2008 >  ArcelorMittal in Global Agreement on Occupational Health and Safety

Steelmaker, three unions promise to improve standards across 60 countries  06/05/2008 >  Algoma Adopts Scrap-Optimization, -Loading Programs

“ … significant cost savings in their raw-material purchases and production costs.”  06/03/2008 >  Indian Group Bids $2.6 Billion for Asarco

U.S. copper producer finds escape from bankruptcy  06/03/2008 >  Rio Tinto Alcan Speeding, Expanding Research Project

Will study expanding scale AP50 pilot smelter  06/01/2008