Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. Announces Filing of Registration Statement.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. announced today that it has filed a registration statement for a global public offering of 52,173,915 Series B Shares, which may be delivered in the form of American Depositary Shares, each representing three Series B Shares (ADSs), plus...

Nucor Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter and Year End of 2006 Conference Call on the Web.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Nucor's fourth quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its live conference call with host Dan DiMicco, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The event will be available on the Internet on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at 2...

Arcelor Mittal Investing in Steelton Plant.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arcelor Mittal Long Carbon North America announces that the company has recently approved a capital investment project at the Steelton, Pa., plant. The investment will improve the quality of continuous-cast blooms and enhance the properties of its rail products to meet the ever-increasing quality...

NCI Building Systems Completes Purchase of Garco Building Systems, Inc.
HOUSTON, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NCI Building Systems, Inc. today announced the completion of the previously announced purchase of substantially all the operating assets of Garco Building Systems, Inc. ("Garco"), headquartered in Spokane, Washington. Garco primarily manufactures and markets general purpose, engineered steel buildings in the northwestern United States...

Gerdau Ameristeel Announces Record 2006 Results and Declares Special Dividend.
TAMPA, FL, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (NYSE: GNA; TSX: GNA.TO) today reported net income of $378.6 million, or $1.24 per share fully diluted, on net sales of $4.5 billion for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to net income of $295.5 million, or $0.97 per...

L&T bags Rs 980 cr order from Tata Steel.
MUMBAI: Larsen & Toubro has bagged an order for Rs 980 crore for the supply and installation of blast furnance from Tata Steel for its project in Kalinganagar, Orissa, scheduled for completion in 40 months. Tata Steel is setting up a 6 million tonnes per annum integrated...

Essar to take Algoma expansion forward.
Byline: Prince Mathews Thomas MUMBAI: Essar Global will take over the expansion plans of Algoma Steel and pump in at least $500 million over the next three to four years to increase capacity and diversify the product portfolio of the Canadian steel-maker. Algoma, which has...

Steel deal: JSW acquires three US firms.
MUMBAI: Steel companies' shopping spree continues unabated and this time, the acquirer is Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel. The country's third-largest private steel company on Tuesday announced the acquisition of three separate business entities, including steel plate and pipe mills, in the US for an enterprise value of $900 million....

Do you have your customer's back? Help reduce back and other injuries by offering customers a battery-powered rebar tier.
If your customers are involved in tying rebar, then you need to know about battery-powered rebar tiers. These tools can drastically reduce tying time and alleviate health problems associated with the manual tying of rebar. A recent study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...

Compasss Group buys High Food Services Ltd., Lancaster, Pa.
Compass Group, owner of Canteen Vending Services Inc., has acquired the Lancaster, Pa.-based High Food Services Ltd., which had about $16 million in vending, coffee service, catering and foodservice sales in 2005, for an undisclosed sum. Mike Van Belle, senior vice president and chief financial officer at...