Olympic Steel Inc., a national metals service center, has acquired Metal Works. The all-cash purchase is expected to be immediately accretive. Terms were not disclosed.

Nippon Steel will not import steel to the U.S. from its international mills, the Japanese company's Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori said on Monday in a letter to United Steelworkers union ...

Although neither lymphocyte transformation test results nor serum metal levels were reported in these cases, those examinations may be useful in confirming metal allergy in these types of patients.