August 2005
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Bridging
the Plate Gap
Experts see recent weakness in plate as only a temporary gap between the
record year of 2004 and a promising 2006.
Second
Quarter Report & Outlook
Destocking Continues as Prices Stabilize
Executives of publicly held companies offered insights on current market
conditions as they released their second-quarter 2005 results in late
July and early August. Service centers are coming out of a major destocking
period after their 2004 buying binge, one factor that leads steelmakers
to hope for improved order rates in the second half. Includes:
- Metal Center 2nd Qtr. Earnings
- Producers See Strength in Stainless
- Specialty Producers 2nd Qtr. Earnings
- Flat-Roll Producers 2nd Qtr. Earnings
- Tubular Producers 2nd Qtr. Earnings
- 2nd Qtr. Shipments, Selling Prices
Conference
Report: Steel Success Strategies XX
Is Steel’s Strong Showing Sustainable?
Leading steel executives ponder pricing, profitability and purpose in
the wake of industry restructuring.
Service
Center Systems:
A Tale of Two ITs
Russel Metals and Reliance Steel & Aluminum are among the largest
service center operations in North America. Though different, their approaches
to information technology have contributed mightily to their success.
MCN
Case Study: Thompson Steel Co.
Seeing a Future Beyond Strip
How one family-owned service center evolved with the market.
From
the Editor's Desk
M&A
Activity Heating Up
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief
Business
Topics
China
Repegs Yuan, Allows "Token" Currency Float
Service Center News
- Norfolk
Iron, Steel Warehouse
Create JV Processing Firm - Edgen
Acquires
Alloy Pipe Distributor - Red
Man Pipe Acquires Majority
of Canadian Service Center Chain - Schuff Buys Kansas Fabricator
- Briefs
- People
Metal Industry News
- Mexican Steelmaker to Buy Republic
- Union Notifies Stelco of Impending Strike Vote
- Rolled Alloys Expands Cincinnati Facility
- AK
Steel Processes First
Heat Through Degasser - Allegheny Tech to Boost Titanium Capabilities
- Mills Adjust Prices, Surcharges
- Sharon Tube to Expand Wheatland Plant
- Dofasco Rebuilds Blast Furnace
- Mittal
Offers to Buy
Vitkovice Steel - Fatal
Accident Leads to OSHA Citation
- Briefs
- People
Association News
- Business is Brisk for Ports of Indiana
- MSCI:
First-Half Steel Shipments
Lag '04; Aluminum's Ahead - AIIS: June Steel Imports Show Decline
- AISI: May Steel Shipments Decline 1.8 Percent
- IISI:
World Steel Output Up,
U.S. Output Down - CBSA:
Copper Grows in June,
But Still Off Last Year - SSINA: Specialty Imports Up for the Year
- PMA: Metalformers Predict Slight Improvement
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