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The Finnish Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff have started industrial action against the Federation of Technology Industries after neither side agreed to a settlement proposal on Monday. The strike plunges the Finnish metal industry into further chaos, as a previous strike was only halted last week.

The Jamaican People’s National Party (PNP), who are currently the country’s opposition party, have called on the Office of the Contractor General to launch a full investigation into the scrap metal industry amidst claims that various regulations are being breached and that at least eight companies had exported scrap metals, despite a ban on trade.

Uncertainty about the Eurozone debt crisis has led to a wide range of European steelmakers to forecast lower than expected growth rates over 2012, as economic uncertainties continue to play havoc with the Eurozone.

Mechel OAO, which is one of the leading mining and metal companies in Russia, have announced that they are to open an experimental industrial plant that is intended to produce ferronickel.

A metal industry strike in Finland that began last Friday and involved 37 large Finnish companies is officially over after a settlement was agreed between employers and their workers.

Thirteen industrial sites in South Yorkshire, many of which were used by workers in the metal industry, have been marked as being ‘at risk’ according to a new register of buildings created by English Heritage. Amongst the buildings is the Little Mesters’ Workshops and the Wicker Arches in Sheffield. English Heritage are now looking to preserve the sites as a … Read More

A raid that was co-ordinated across multiple agencies in the Virgin Islands has resulted in five illegal scrap metal and metal recycling businesses being shut down. St Croix Police Chief Christopher Howell claims that the raid essentially “shut down the illegal scrap metal business on St. Croix.”

A dispute which threatened to cripple the Austrian metal industry has finally been resolved, which means that around 165,000 workers in the industry will see a 4.2% rise in wages beginning from next month.

China is increasing its hold upon the worldwide metal industry as their metal industry body has announced their intention to appoint as the chairman of the company one of the top steelmakers in the country in an effort to boost their reputation as a steel leader.

The leader of the metal workers’ union in Finland has criticised metal industry heads for their pessimism, claiming that their glum outlook is prompting many to consider industrial action.