LONDON-Copper prices are on the rise again as inventories decline due increased demand for use in pipes and wires. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-The Canadian Auto Workers union says it won't accept more concessions under Chrysler than those agreed upon with General Motors, despite reports its position could kill a merger with Fiat. MORE

SAN CARLOS, CA-Tesla Motors has confirmed that a powertrain manufacturing facility for its Model S sedan will be built in the Bay Area, although the exact location is not yet being revealed. The luxury electric-car maker will open a site in Northern California, where it will manufacture the “guts in the car” such as the battery packs. MORE

LONGMONT, CO-A company that makes cadmium-telluride solar panels will start commercial production here soon. Abound Solar claims its new facility can produce the panels at under $1 per watt. MORE

LANSING, MI-There are now four companies planning to invest nearly $1.7 billion in facilities to manufacture batteries for automobiles in the state of Michigan. MORE

MOLINE, IL-Deere & Co. plans to combine the operations that make its green and yellow tractors with another unit that manufactures products like riding lawn mowers. MORE

LAWTON, OK-Federal investigators have issued a citation against a Goodyear tire manufacturing facility here in the death of a worker. The worker was critically injured Sept. 20, 2008, after being caught in a tire-building machine. MORE

ALBUQUERQUE, NM-A Texas company plans a solar panel manufacturing plant near here that eventually could employ 1,000 people. Solar Array Ventures Inc., a startup company, will relocate its headquarters from Austin, TX, to the Albuquerque area. The factory-the company's first-should be producing panels by late 2010. MORE

WASHINGTON-Manufacturing of wind turbine parts in the United States grew last year as the market for wind energy boomed, but the industry is still largely dependent on imports. MORE

FRANKFORT, KY-The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries, a group of 50 companies that includes 3M, BASF and Duracell-maker Procter & Gamble-wants to build a $600 million plant to make batteries for electric vehicles. MORE