CLEVELAND -- Olympic Steel, Inc., , a national metals service center, today announced a dividend of $0.02 per share as approved by the Olympic Steel Board of Directors. The dividend is payable on March ...

FLORANGE, France (Reuters) - Workers at an idled ArcelorMittal steel plant in northeast France occupied the site Monday, seeking to put their plight on the political map ahead of a presidential election where industrial decline is a central theme. Some 200 workers invaded management offices at the factory in Florange, in the Moselle region close to Belgium and Germany, after ArcelorMittal ...

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's soft and durum wheat imports rose 56 percent to 508,620 tonnes in January this year from 325,928 tonnes in the same month a year ago, customs data showed. The data, seen by Reuters, did not provide details for wheat imports in January 2012, but showed 289,429 tonnes of soft wheat was imported in January 2011, while durum wheat imports reached 36,499 tonnes. France ...

Japan posted a record high trade deficit in January after its nuclear crisis shut down nearly all the nation's reactors for tougher checks, sending fuel imports surging. Exports were hurt by a strong yen and weak demand.

Australia's BlueScope Steel posted a net loss of Aus$530 million (US$570.7 million) for the first half of the financial year, but said it was laying the foundation for a return to profitability.

Merchandise imports fell by $366 million in January, to $20.631 billion, seasonally adjusted, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show.

Australian Merchandise Imports Fell An Adjusted 2% In Jan Vs Dec

ABS data show drop in imports for month. 20 Feb 2012 11:37 AM

Japans liquefied natural gas imports rose 28.2 percent in January to 8.15 million metric tons from a year earlier, the finance ministry said.

Bluescope Steel Ltd., Australia's largest steel producer, has reported a 530 million Australian dollar (US$570 million) first-half net loss.