Pilkington North America, a subsidiary of Nippon Sheet Glass, has announced it is closing its Lathrop, Calif., plant, which currently manufactures commercial architectural and automotive glass. According to a release from the company, ...
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Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. says it is assessing its options after an arbitrator blocked the sale of two of its plants to Apollo Tyres Ltd. The arbitrator upheld two grievances filed by the United Steel Workers (USW) in a ruling issued on ...
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Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (BATO) and the United Steel Workers (USW) reached a settlement regarding the labor contracts at BATO's tire and tube plants represented by the USW in Akron, Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, LaVergne, Tenn., ...
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Ternium Mexico, located in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, launched an innovative way to approach the entire production chain this week, hosting the first Mega Fair Ternium with an attendance of 6,000 participants including blacksmiths, fitters, ...
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National news sources reported Wednesday that on Friday, Gerdau plans to lay off about 31 steel workers from its St. Paul, Minnesota steel mill that is currently undergoing a $50 million renovation. A company spokesman was quoted as saying ...
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Zimbabwe government has set up a committee to handle the paperwork on the sticky issue of iron claims ahead of the projected start of operations at NewZim Steel in January. Industry and Commerce Minister, Professor Welshman Ncube has said ...
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Governors Earl Ray Tomblin and John Kasich announced that West Virginia and Ohio, in partnership with the US Department of Labor, have developed a collaborative agreement to provide assistance with health insurance premium payments to ...
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RIA Novosti reported that in a new take on the meaning of strip mill, Belarusian metals plant BMZ has produced a corporate calendar for the coming year featuring naked female employees. While last year's calendar showed female workers ...
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A key resolution opposing FDI in retail was adopted on the inaugural day of the 8th National Conference of the CITU affiliated Steel Workers'Federation of India. The speakers at the 3 day conference flayed the economic policies of the ...
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GOVERNMENT help for solar power was supposed to be a triple play: jobs at a time of dire short-term need; incubation of an American industry sure to be important on a global scale in the next few years; and a long-term reduction in ...
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GOVERNMENT help for solar power was supposed to be a triple play: jobs at a time of dire short-term need; incubation of an American industry sure to be important on a global scale in the next few years; and a long-term reduction in ...
Tags: solar