Local news outlets reported Tuesday that a fire broke out Monday night at AK Steel’s Middletown, Ohio mill. Authorities believe the fire started with oil in a storage tanker, but the cause is still under investigation. One employee ...
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The Alliance for American Manufacturing is organizing a rally Monday at US Steel’s Lorain, Ohio tubular plant as part of a national effort to convince the US Commerce Department (DOC) to impose duties on dumped steel imports, ...
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The US Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Monday that Lorain, Ohio-based Republic Steel has agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine and "settle alleged health and safety violations" at four of its ...
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Bob Sumerel Tire Co. Inc., a predominantly commercial tire distribution and service company based in Erlanger, Ky., has acquired five Northeast Ohio locations from Kauffman Tire Inc. The transaction is expected to close on May 2, 2014. ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco's rigid plastics facility in the US has secured LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council. Located in the Beauty and Home Care Campus of New ...
Corn planting remains behind the normal pace, though a weather window may be opening this week to allow farmers to play a little much needed catch-up. As of Sunday, 6% of the nation's crop was planted vs. the usual 14% for this point in ...
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There's mounting evidence to support the idea that this spring might be a repeat of last year's cool, wet season that had some farmers planting corn and soybeans well into June. The last few days have seen about the best planting ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda's North American operations division has recalled 109,000 units of Mazda Tribute SUV across the US over a corrosion issue with certain parts. The recall has been issued for the Tribute vehicles with model year ...
According to a release from the Lake Carriers’ Association Thursday, massive, thick ice formations on the Great Lakes limited iron ore shipments in March to 1.1 million tons, a decrease of 43 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments ...
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Truckers hauled more goods in March 2014 than ever before, according to data records from TransCore Link Logistics' Canadian Freight Index. Truck load volumes have been on a rising trend for the past four months in a row, but March ...
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Anticipated fragmented scrap pricing next month could bring US regional scrap prices closer together, according to market sources who generally agree on downward pricing pressure for May settlements. Scrap settlements varied wildly in ...
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Lowe's Home Centers, one of the nation's largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform ...
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Corn planting is underway in the U.S. That's the good news. The bad news is as of mid-April, the pace remains painfully slow in most of the country, a veritable rerun of the start to planting season in 2013. While planting is actually ...
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Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has won the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings ...
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The West Middle School in Shelbyville, KY was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a top finisher in the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. The school was recognized for reducing ...
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