Automotive Market
Bottom of the Trough in Sight?
Metal suppliers are looking past 2008 at hopeful signs of an automotive rebound.

Steel Futures Rollout Draws Another Look
Proponents of steel futures trading press on despite lackluster interest among steel producers and distributors.

Stainless Weathers 2007 Storm:
Do More Dark Clouds Loom?
Analyst Markus Moll says prospects for the worldwide stainless market are heavily dependent on the U.S. economy’s run-in with recession.

MCN Case Study: Contractors Steel Co.
Contractors Grows as Economy Slows
Despite the doldrums in Detroit, this Michigan service center continues its half-century of growth with unabated investment in plant and equipment.