Axis News

Nov. 3 - Turnerville residents headed to the polls Tuesday to vote on the possible expansion of the Turnerville Fire District.

An Axis-made insecticide helped lift third-quarter earnings for chemical maker DuPont.

Sure, you've seen a dump truck with the "Hardox in my body" sticker on it. But Swedish steel maker SSAB , which operates a 400-employee steel mill in Axis, Ala., has taken marketing of its high-strength steels to a whole new level with this Web TV show.

Though a planned expansion at its 400-employee Axis mill remains stalled, Swedish steelmaker SSAB has begun construction on a research and development facility at its other American mill in Montpelier, Iowa .

Some Mobile County voters will have new places to cast their ballots next year. The County Commission this week approved combining some polling precincts and eliminating others.

The hydraulically elevating cab on all the SENNEBOGEN units, give them a perfect view into the railcars.

The hydraulically elevating cab on all the SENNEBOGEN units, give them a perfect view into the railcars.

This summer, volunteers from a local steel company and Mobile County schools will join forces at Saraland's Wal-Mart lot with a common goal: "Fill the Bus." The public is invited.

The bleeding may be slowing in some parts of the steel business, but not yet at SSAB.

SSAB eked out a profit in the first quarter, though the Swedish steel maker continued to struggle against what Chief Executive Olof Faxander today described as a "very gloomy market picture." The company also said it was considering more delays in a $460 expansion project for its Axis mill in north Mobile County, announced last year when the steel ...