Industrials

Alabama officials dropped securities fraud charges against the chief executive of National Steel Car on Friday in return for the Canadian businessman paying a $22 million settlement.

A federal judge has given opponents of a silicon metal plant in Mississippi's northeast corner a chance to make their case in court.

It's Ford Motor Co.'s biggest bet in decades: an aluminum-sided F-150 that could set a new industry standard — or cost the company its pickup truck crown.

Wolverine Advanced Materials is planning to expand its specialty rubber coated materials manufacturing operation in Virginia, creating 93 jobs.

Shell Chemical LP has exercised its option to buy a former zinc plant in western Pennsylvania, which it hopes to convert to a petrochemical plant.

Packaging manufacturer Ardagh Group has opened a $93.5 million plant in Virginia that will employ 100 workers.

Pierce Manufacturing is recalling 135 fire trucks in the U.S. because a suspension part can fail and cause a wheel to fall off.

A leading U.S. coal company is adding roughly 100 million more tons of reserves and other resources to its southern Illinois portfolio, broadening its operations months after decrying federal regulation of the industry.

Appalachian Biofuels LLC is planning to establish its headquarters and biodiesel production facility in Russell County, creating 40 jobs.

A chemical company plans to build a $1.4 billion fertilizer plant in eastern Illinois, state economic officials confirmed Tuesday.

A senior Obama administration official says the "safety culture" of the federal agency that oversees auto recalls is being reviewed.

A new railroad overpass in Chicago is helping untangle the worst choke point in the nation's rail network, speeding up passenger service and freight trains hauling everything from crude oil to electronics, officials said Thursday.

Dynax America Corp. is planning to expand its automotive components manufacturing operation in Botetourt County, creating 75 jobs.

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says a commercial biofuels plant opening in southwest Kansas represents the future of ethanol production.

One of the nation's top 10 craft breweries is tapping Virginia for its East Coast operations.

Workers at an eastern Kansas nuclear power plant were working Wednesday to repair fire-damaged equipment and avoid a costly shutdown.

Welding isn't just for aircraft carriers anymore.

Alcoa Inc. has opened a $90 million plant to make aluminum-lithium alloys for use in planes, expanding the company's involvement in the aircraft industry.

The oil industry's lead trade group released new standards on Thursday for testing and classifying crude shipped by rail after prior shipments were misclassified, including a train that derailed in Canada and killed 47 people.

Business orders for long-lasting manufactured goods fell by a record amount in August, dragged lower by a plunge in demand for commercial aircraft.