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A battle over control is understood to have hit the ambitious Rs 20,000 crore steel plant project of state-owned NMDC with Russia’s second-biggest steel maker OAO Severstal.

China has turned to the World Trade Organization to help block U.S. tariffs on 22 types of Chinese products, including solar panels, pipes for oil wells, coated paper and steel wheel hubs. The Chinese appeal to the WTO takes aim at the U.S. Commerce Department, which has recently imposed stiff duties on Chinese products. The department has cited Chinese subsidies, especially those funneled thro...

GENEVA (Reuters) - China launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Friday against U.S. import duties on 22 Chinese products that the United States says are unfairly priced or subsidized, including solar panels and steel products.

China doesn't need all the steel it is churning out, and talk of more infrastructure spending isn't turning around prices. Breakneck Chinese growth once defined the commodities boom, but the steel glut is yet more evidence that you can have too much of a good thing.

AT China's biggest outdoor market for steel, in Tangshan, business has slowed since the start of the year.

In Palm Springs, the owner of a 1961 gem sought out the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on a point of pride - and to keep developers at bay

Chilean iron ore and steel group CAP (BCS: CAP) will not make a decision on the construction of what would be Chile's fourth LNG regasification terminal until next year, a spokesman for the company to...

IT wasn't until Israel Folau reached the cold hard steel security gates and razor wire of one of Sydney's maximum security prisons that it hit him.

Etsy seller FaustX2 made this Star Wars fig display table out of printing-press trays and other salvage items, topped with tempered glass. This mixed media custom coffee table was made from reworked vintage printing press trays and a pair of vintage steel dock pallets. The interior display area is populated with a broad survey of [...]

ISLAMABAD - The National Accountability Bureau has authorised inquiry into Pakistan Steel Mills case involving multi-billion rupees mega scam and has allowed to file a reference within three months time, following the transfer of the case from FIA to NAB on the directives of the Supreme Court. The approval for full-fledged inquiry into the case was made by the Executive Board meeting held under...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants Speaker John Boehner to bring a vote on a permanent extension of the tax rates for the middle class as early as next week. In a letter being released Wednesday, the California Democrat said the revenues for raising tax rates for those earning more than $1 million a year could be used to help pay down the deficit. “It is unacceptable to hold tax cuts for ...

PRESIDENT OBAMA isn’t backing down from his campaign ad attacking Mitt Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital. Actually, “attack” may be too weak a description for a video that likens Bain to “a vampire” and depicts Mr. Romney as a plutocrat who callously destroyed hundreds of steel jobs for his own enrichment. Several prominent members of Mr. Obama’s own party thought the commercial was a...

Jumping gamely into the steel cage clad only in army fatigues the young girl was happy to kiss, cuddle and feed the two-year-old predatory beasts like they were domestic puppy dogs.

European regulators express concern over proposed acquisition of ThyssenKrupp’s Inoxum division by Finnish stainless steel maker

Cyrus Mistry, who is set to succeed Ratan Tata as chairman of Tata Sons in December, has been appointed as an additional director on the Board of Tata Steel, the company said.

I have a confession. I like the U.S. Open Cup. There, I said it. Yes, I know: The tournament is ridiculed by fans, dismissed by many MLS clubs and ignored by TV outlets. It’s not very well organized or executed. The financial responsibility can be burdensome. The matches are often wedged into tight windows between league matches. Heck, if some MLS teams could send an under-16 academy squad to r...

The B9Creator is a 3D printer that’s flying off virtual shelves on Kickstarter. The B9Creator is a do-it-yourself 3D printer kit. Currently, it…

The rupee touching a new low of 55 to the US dollar is likely to hit the Indian automobile sector hard.

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 21 (Reuters) - Brazilian steelmakers Usiminas and Gerdau are not interested in buying ThyssenKrupp's stake in its CSA steel slab mill outside Rio de Janeiro, Usiminas and Gerdau...

By copying practices at a modern Belgian mill, U.S. workers are learning to make the same amount of steel with nearly half the people employed three decades ago.

According to steel exporters, Pakistan authorities have allowed import of only alloy steel items through Wagah border, banning entry of non-alloy steel items through this route, without giving any valid reason.

(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite that could serve as a nontoxic alternative to coatings that contain hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen.

Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel "Starship Troopers" presents a futuristic war fought by heavily armored infantry, that when suited up, makes you look like a "big steel gorilla." Today, the U.S. Army and Marines are edging closer to the Mobile Infantry of Heinlein's world by reportedly taking an interest in armored face shields.

The helpless animal was found under a steel bucket, covered in ants who attacked its eyes and face. Passers-by rescued the kitten in Szamotuly, Poland, when they heard it crying in agony

The stainless steel industry in China will continue to expand during the country's 12th Five-Year-Plan (2011-15).

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents of eastern Ohio suddenly are seeing dollar signs.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) announced the verdict in a suo moto case regarding alleged corruption of Rs 26 billion in the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) here in Islamabad on Wednesday. The court ordered the National Accountability Bureau to investigate in corruption in steel mills and also annulled bails of all persons involved in corruption and ordered their arrest. A three-member bench, .....

Yesterday, atop the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, artist and architect Tomas Saraceno debuted his most recent work: Cloud City. A spectacular sculptural constellation, Cloud City is a mirrored fun house of geodesic pods, open to the public, with a number of prime vantage points for taking in the expansive Manhattan skyline and greenery of Cen...

The reality star's clashing prints turned heads as she posed for pictures before the play.

“It makes me angry. Those guys were all rich. They all had more money than they would ever spend, yet they did not have money to take care of the very people who made the money for them.” — Former steel worker Joe Soptic, in a new Obama campaign ad on Mitt Romney’s business record Read full article >>

Hugh Pickens writes "Tim Heffernan writes that when 'The Fifty,' as it's known in company circles, broke down three years ago, there was talk of retiring it for good. Instead, Alcoa decided to overhaul their 50,000-ton, 6-story high forging press, now scheduled to resume service early this year. 'What sets the Fifty apart is its extraordinary scale,' writes Heffernan. 'Its 14 major structural c...

Nine people were killed and six injured in an explosion at a steel plant in South China's Guangdong province Monday, local authorities said.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign released a video on Monday calling Mitt Romney's private equity firm a job-killing "vampire" that ran a steel mill into the ground, signaling a new effort to carve into Romney's image of corporate success.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is launching a sharp critique of Mitt Romney's business record, airing a hard-hitting TV ad that recounts the demise of a Kansas City, Mo., steel mill that was restructured by Romney's private equity firm and led to hundreds of job losses....

An der Grenze zwischen der Maxvorstadt und Schwabing hat sich eine ziemlich reichhaltige Ausgeh-Szene entwickelt. Nun ist die Steel Bar dazugekommen. Eine Kneipe, in der junge Münchner mit günstigen Drinks und bester Laune feiern.

BRUSSELS (AP) -- ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steel maker, posted a sharp drop in first-quarter net profit Thursday, announcing earnings of $11 million compared with $1.069 billion for the same period a year ago....

India expects massive dose of Chinese investment in equipment manufacturing for the steel industry, according to chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited, C.S.Verma, who held a series of meetings with major steel makers and government agencies in Beijing in the past two days.

ArcelorMittal's planned steel plant investments in India are likely to be stalled for years, Lakshmi Mittal said at the company's annual shareholder meeting.

Steel-enforced secure furniture will allow people to huddle in safety during rocket attacks.

Extracted from wood pulp fibre, it is touted as a wonder material about eight times the tensile strength of stainless steel and is a key strategic piece in the embattled forest sector’s efforts to reinvent itself

Yesterday, Facebook said it planned to go public with an IPO price between $28 and $35 a share, which values the company as high as $95 billion. Still, with founder Mark Zuckerberg maintaining firm control over the social network site (he’ll keep about a 57% voting stake), his approximate holdings of 534 million shares alone [...]

David Cameron will have the grim task of ordering the Armed Forces to shoot down a passenger airliner over Britain to prevent a suicide attack on the Olympic Games.

One World Trade Center, the skyscraper that will replace the fallen twin towers, became the tallest building in New York's skyline Monday when workers erected steel columns that placed the tower's unfinished skeleton at 1,271 feet.

One World Trade Center is to overtake the Empire State Building to become New York's tallest building once a steel column is lifted into place on Monday.

SCENES of carnage after coach hit a wall on the way to theme park at start of holidays

Kim and Kanye Kardashian's stunt queen parade in NYC made a stop at The Lion last night and he decided to really sell it hard by flashing his thigh while giving us his best Blue Steel (more like Rusty Tin). I know that when the paparazzi swarm him like this, his ego boils over and causes his body to overheat, but he needs to keep his pants up. Nobody wants to see that shit! Pim...

Besonders in China verzeichnet Nippon Steel sinkenden Absatz. Der Gewinn (Ebitda) ging darum um fast 40 Prozent zurück. Positiv sieht das Unternehmen dafür den Rückgang der Rohstoffkosten.

Le premier groupe sidérurgique japonais, Nippon Steel, a annoncé vendredi...

Old movie buffs (and older readers) may remember a time when beer was sold in steel cans that were opened with a "church key." Entourage star Adrian Grenier is tapping into that nostalgia, we hear, with a new beer startup he's cofounding, Churchkey Can Co. The cans are the old-timey variety that you probably haven’t seen since the 60s. They’re made of fully-recyclable steel, and requi...

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Le retour du Shogun de l'ombre au Japon, l'économie indienne sous surveillance, guerre d'espionnage entre Nippon Steel et Posco, trop de stocks dans l'automobile chinoise...

Steel makers in Ohio are enlarging their plants to serve the boom in gas and oil drilling and rising demand for cars.

ISLAMABAD - President of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif, has blamed the PPP-led ruling alliance for the crises in the country as well as problems of the masses.Addressing a press conference on the occasion of joining PML-N by former Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) chairman Lieutenant General (Retd) Abdul Qayyum here at the Punjab House Friday, he said that presenting defence...

ISLAMABAD - President of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif, has blamed the PPP-led ruling alliance for the crises in the country as well as problems of the masses.Addressing a press conference on the occasion of joining PML-N by former Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) chairman Lieutenant General (Retd) Abdul Qayyum here at the Punjab House Friday, he said that presenting defence...

ISLAMABAD - President of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif, has blamed the PPP-led ruling alliance for the crises in the country as well as problems of the masses.Addressing a press conference on the occasion of joining PML-N by former Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) chairman Lieutenant General (Retd) Abdul Qayyum here at the Punjab House Friday, he said that presenting defence...

IDF officer killed after being trapped beneath steel lighting fixture during rehearsal for Remembrance Day ceremony.

China strives with all its might to "catch up and outrun America," at least in terms of consumption. In some areas it has already succeeded. Steel and meat consumption is twice higher than in the United States. The consumption of grain and coal is close to these indicators. The Chinese want to live by the American standards, but can you blame them?

From a farm gate outside the village of Ruthe, near Hanover, a broad asphalt path stretches in a straight line for 600 metres. On one side, an orchard brims with apple trees which are starting to bud in the warm German spring. On the other, a metre-wide ditch, covered with corrugated stainless steel, runs parallel to the path. Follow it, and you reach a cluster of temporary cabins and tall aeri...

What attacks on Kabul say about Afghan security

Steel giant Tata is to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in the Welsh steel industry over the next five years, it was revealed today.

STEEL producer and iron ore miner OneSteel says it is not looking to "grow'' its steel business.

Municipalities’ opposition to expansion goes against federal government’s plans to export Alberta’s resources to Asia

Finally! After 18 games and five Fast and Furious movies that totally stole this popular video game's thunder, Need For Speed is becoming a movie. Electronic Arts has enlisted the help of John Gatins, the writer-producer behind Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots Real Steel, to develop a movie based on the racing game that has [...]

Deuxième séance de rebond pour les marchésIndices jugés positifs en provenance d'Europe et de ChineHP, US Steel, Alcoa en hausse

THE AWU is warning a high Aussie dollar and interest rates are pushing the local steel industry to the "brink of collapse".

THE Australian Workers' Union will today hold an emergency meeting of steelworkers to plan strategies to save our struggling steel industry.

On former pineapple fields outside of Honolulu, an industrial tube has been erected, ensconced in a steel scaffold. Dwarfed by the nearby oil refinery, the modest tube represents an attempt to one day wean Hawaii from imported oil . It is the nation's first dedicated biorefinery, employing high heat to turn plant matter into oil, followed by chemical catalysis to upgrade that oil into a useabl...

Christie’s has announced the sale of Baroque Egg with Bow (Blue/Turquoise) by artist Jeff Koons at auction in London on June 27th with a pre-sale estimate of £2.5-£3.5 million. Christie’s said the “monumental” stainless steel sculpture was one of five versions in different colours made by the artist.

Just like the American robber barons of the Edwardian era – Carnegie, Rockefeller – Amazon and Google have embarked on a land-grab; not for steel, oil or real estate, but for intellectual and cultural property.

Birds of Steel is a dynamic World War II flight simulator, writes Tim Martin.

‘This will be the worst that you will see so you need to steel yourselves,’ Judge Thomas Heeney warned the jurors before they saw images of decomposed body

DORTMUND, Germany — More than two decades before Germany helped bail out Greece, it started on a rescue of another desperately poor, crisis-stricken region: its own ex-Communist eastern half. The aid is still coming, $2 trillion later, but the results have been mixed at best, with eastern Germany’s economy trailing far behind the rest of the country, instilling a deep skepticism among many Germ...

An Indian tribunal suspends the environmental licence given to the South Korean company Posco for building a steel plant in the state of Orissa.

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Monumental steel sculptures by Sir Anthony Caro go on show in the grounds of the stately home.

In 2008, Robert Weiss, a veteran N.B.A. coach, was brought to Shanxi province by a basketball-obsessed steel tycoon to reverse the fortunes of the local team. In this fish-out-of-water account, Weiss—who, in his mid-sixties, has only recently acquired a passport—is unprepared . . . (Subscription required.)

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The notorious Exxon Valdez tanker, responsible for one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history two decades ago, has been bought by an Indian company almost certainly to be scrapped for its steel and spare parts....

Asian stock markets were modestly lower, with sharp losses in the mining and steel sectors leading declines regional bourses. The Nikkei was down 0.2%.

And a star-studded cast will be joining her for the TV remake of the beloved film.

Un ambicioso plan para desarrollar un yacimiento de mineral de hierro ubicado entre Bolivia y Brasil se ha atascado en medio de una disputa entre el gobierno boliviano y la empresa india Jindal Steel & Power, resaltando los retos que enfrenta el modelo socialista de Evo Morales y el impacto del descenso de los precios globales del hierro.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities have started reinforcing hundreds of concrete blocks at Berlin's Holocaust memorial with steel collars after a study revealed they were at risk of crumbling.

Wien (OTS) - Studieren im Starambiente heißt die Devise jener fünf internationalen Stararchitekten, die die neue Wirtschaftuniversität Wien planten. Die Unger Steel Group realisiert Zaha Hadids Vision für das Herzstück des Campus, das Library- and Learningcenter (kurz LLC), mit einer ...

Steel prices got whacked in the recession. But with steel makers trimming down their debt and costs, the sector, and prices, should emerge stronger by 2013.

Two red and black steel structures at the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 46th Street whir and churn just like rigs in the empty fields of Texas.

Creating a stir ahead of Tuesday's vote count in the UP assembly polls, Union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma today said it was better for the Congress to ally with the BSP than with the SP. The Congress, however, termed his views as 'personal'. UP hung, Cong edge in two states, say exit polls

In the past decade we have witnessed the remarkable development of China, which is now challenging the economic superiority of western Europe and the USA. The country that gave us the compass, gunpowder, and printing has already overtaken the USA and Europe in steel and energy consumption, mobile phone use, and car sales, and it is projected to surpass the USA's gross domestic product by 2018, ...

The Philadelphia Art Commission is expected to vote on Wednesday on plans to erect a 40-foot-high stainless steel sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly at the end of a reflecting pool in the garden of the new Barnes Foundation, which will open in May in downtown Philadelphia.

In Congress, Rick Santorum often defied his current principles when it came to defending the interests of a Pennsylvania powerhouse: the steel industry.

Scotland is starting to resemble a totalitarian state complete with news bulletins lauding the daily activities of "Dear Leader" Alex Salmond, one of devolution's founding fathers has said.

A team of Special Forces troops is providing a "ring of steel" around the Duke of Cambridge in the Falkland Islands amid mounting tensions with Argentina, it has been reported.

At least 10 people have been killed and three others are missing after a blast at a steel plant in northeastern China.

THYSSENKRUPP, Germany’s biggest steel maker, swung to a surprise €357 million operating loss in the last quarter of 2011 as weak demand from customers rattled by Europe’s debt crisis hit prices.

Steel maker ArcelorMittal reports a loss for the final three months of last year, but forecasts better times ahead.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk today announced that the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body found China’s export restraints on several industrial raw materials used as key components in the steel, aluminum, and chemicals industries to be inconsistent with China’...

The silk-like threads with which spiders spin their traps are famously stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar

Spider silk is well known for some spectacular properties. It is stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar yet flexible enough to be spun into a wide variety of shapes. New research shows that the material is not only strong but also smart.

Spiders’ silk has been the envy of materials engineers for decades. Its combination of flexibility and durability has been difficult to match with even the most advanced technology. “It is stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar by weight,” Markus Buehler, an engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a prepared statement. A new [...]

A former dentist in the United States has been sent to jail for a year for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals.

A former Massachusetts dentist has been sent to jail for a year for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals.

Alan Cumming and Alec Balwin give their opinion on 'The Actor' statue, also known as the 'Buns of Steel'

El psicológo canadiense, Piers Steel, revisa el hábito de la dejar para mañana lo que se puede hacer hoy, e sdecir, la procrastinación

Yosemite National Park officials are considering lowering the number of daily permits to hike Half Dome after a summer when more than a dozen people died at the park, including a woman who fell to her death while hiking the...

Eleven years and major neck surgery were enough for veteran. Hoke played his entire career in the Steel City and won two rings.

ATHLETICS:IT WAS back to business as usual for Fionnuala Britton at Saturday’s Antrim International Cross Country as she made it three wins out of four since her European triumph last month – and will now look to close out the season on a similar note.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- At 10:25 a.m., a dark brown eye was removed from a man whose lids had closed for the last time. Five hours later, the orb was staring up at the ceiling from a stainless steel tray in an operating room with two blind patients - both waiting to give it a second life....

PLANS BY the Conservatives to have chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne lead the campaign against Scottish independence are just “plain bonkers”, former Liberal leader and Scot Lord Steel has warned.

The Pittsburgh auditions may not have warranted a two-hour episode, but they sure had a lot of character.

THE Federal Government has vowed to pursue companies that exclude Australian steel manufacturers from bidding for work.

Mitt Romney seemed to buy himself some time when he was asked in Monday night's Republican presidential debate about releasing his income tax returns. The subject was first raised by Rick Perry relatively early on:Mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you made your money. And — and I think that’s a — I think that’s a fair thing. Listen, here’...

Rick Perry has been warning Republican voters in South Carolina about the devastation wreaked in the state by Mitt Romney and Bain Capital

Metropolis II features 1,100 custom-made cars pulled by magnets around the steel track. The installation, by sculptor Chris Burden, is on show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The “Iron Lady” is an icon. But neither Michele Bachmann nor the film understand who Margaret Thatcher really was.

The four American companies, makers of towers for wind turbines, sought tariffs of about 60 percent on rivals in China and Vietnam.

WAZIRABAD - Quaid-e-Millat Jafaria Allama Sajid Naqvi has said that talks for revival of MMA remained meaningless, but the struggle to unite religious parties must be continued.He was addressing a press conference at the residence of Mirza Taqi Ali here in Nizamabad on Friday. Sajid Naqvi maintained that corrupt politicians had destroyed the country as Railways, PIA and Steel Mill were near col...

For every superhero success, there’s a Shaq-filled Steel lurking or a Dolph Lundgren/Thomas Jane/Ray Stevenson Punisher stinking up the joint, and this year the busts can be summed up with a colour: green

Government drops legal case for breaking job promises and company agrees to keep up production and invest extra $50-million

Wheels could fall off on models with 17-inch steel wheels, says NHTSA.

MIAMI (AP) -- A new playground for multimillionaires shimmers in the South Florida sun, all steel and glass and girders, looking like something beamed down from the future into the modest surrounding Little Havana neighborhood....

Sex auf dem Cover? Blendet Jan Wigger nicht, er haut Steel Panther auf die Pfoten. Dann lieber Männermucke von Rush. Thorsten Dörting enthüllt, dass Linda de Mol jetzt Doom Metal macht, und sieht Cirith Ungol auf der Goldenen Hochzeit seiner Großeltern. Außerdem: Doro! Tom Angelripper! Nightwish!

Molycorp (MCP) rose 13% after the company inked a deal with Japan’s Daido Steel Corp. and Mitsubishi to make rare earth magnets. The joint venture has “been provisionally awarded a magnet supply agreement with a major automobile manufacturer,” according to a release from Molycorp. The factory making the magnets will be located in Japan, but [...]

These are extraordinary times in Europe, with the post-1945 European integration settlement on the verge of collapse. It’s hard to overstate the stakes, other than to say that while the traditional European method of problem resolution (a million tons of steel hurtling across your border at speed) is not on the table, everything else is.

More than 200 tops spin in vessels half-buried in the dirt outside Stephentown, N.Y., a town near the Massachusetts state line. Inside the vessel a vacuum permits each top to rotate as many as 16,000 times per minute, despite the fact that each weighs more than one metric ton, thanks to its steel and carbon-fiber composition. Such fast spinning in a vacuum (to reduce friction) allows each top...

SteelSeries' neues Lenkrad kommt ohne Fußpedale aus. Stattdessen übernehmen am Lenkrad angebrachte Paddel deren Funktionen. Dadurch ist das Spielgerät günstig und portabel. mehr...

Researchers have demonstrated that transparent carbon nanotube sheets, which can have the density of air and the specific strength of steel, can be used to make objects invisible.

SOLD out in 11 secs – Steel Panther's uniquely sleazy joke is spreading fast

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will not develop new steel projects in the Bohai and Yangtze River Delta regions, the Shanghai Securities News quoted an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) as saying.

The year is 2020 and the world of Real Steel is ruled by Michael Bay I'm only half-joking Boxing is illegal and audiences pay up to watch robots turn each other into scrap metal It's Transformers Live! To soften the horror of bot-boxing in a Bay world the PG-13 Real...