The country's largest flat-rolled alloy steel producer, Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp, said Sunday that it will respond in a proactive manner to an anti-dumping investigation launched Friday by the US Commerce Department. Xinhua News ...
Tags: Steel Firm, US Probe
The Delaware Chancery Court has granted Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s request for an expedited hearing of its October 4, 2013, complaint against Apollo Tyres Ltd. Cooper filed the complaint on behalf of its shareholders asking the court to ...
United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement that an additional nine Japan-based auto parts producers, along with two ...
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Cooper Tire's Roy Armes says the lawsuit against Apollo "is a necessary step in the process to assure that the terms of the merger agreement are met as required and that we do everything possible to get the transaction closed promptly." ...
Michelin North America Inc. is in the process of reducing production of BFGoodrich consumer tires in the United States. The reason is a drop in demand. On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, the company began implementing an "indefinite" layoff of ...
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Cleveland, Ohio-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced Thursday that the United Steelworkers Union local membership have ratified a three-year labor contract agreement for its Bloom Lake Mine in Fermont, Quebec. The new labor ...
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will hold a conference call to discuss details of its newly ratified master labor contract with the United Steelworkers union at 9 a.m. on Aug. 27. Participating in the conference call will be Richard J. ...
Tags: tyre, Auto Parts
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. says the four-year master labor contract ratified by members of the United Steelworkers union on August 22, 2013, meets the goals established prior to the negotiations. It also helps the company continue its ...
Tags: Tire, Auto Parts
West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel said Friday that members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1865 union have ratified an 18-month labor agreement covering more than 800 hourly production and maintenance steel operations employees at ...
Tags: AK Steel, USW Ratify Labor
On Tuesday, the US Department of Labor's Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said that Ohio-based SBQ producer Republic Steel was cited for 24 safety violations carrying fines of $1,138,500. Fifteen willful violations of ...
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On Wednesday, locked out union workers at US Steel's Lake Erie Works in Ontario, a slab and hot-rolled coil mill, rejected the company's new contract proposal, according to United Steelworkers Local 8782. Local 8782 president Bill ...
After Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP), now the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has become a centre of criticism with publication of a report by 'Earthworks' titled 'More Shine than Substance' recently. 'Earthworks' is a ...
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Urgent action is needed to reduce the U.S. military's dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers for the raw materials, parts and finished products needed to defend America, according to a new study prepared by Brigadier General John Adams ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Supply Chain
On Sunday morning, US Steel Canada locked out unionized workers at its Lake Erie Works flat rolled mill in Ontario. The gates of the mill have been closed but sources tell SteelOrbis that the mill's production has likely been shifted to ...
On Thursday, US Steel Canada sent a letter to United SteelWorkers Local 8782, to advise that the company is giving union workers 72 hours' notice of its intention to lockout employees at 9:00am on April 28, 2013. On Tuesday, Local USW ...
Tags: US Steel, Impending Lockout