December 2005
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2005
Service Center Executive of the Year
Bill Jones, President and CEO,
O’Neal Steel
Bill Jones feels right at home as the non-family leader of the nation’s
largest family-owned service center.
Different
Twists on Wire Rod
While domestic mills seek trade relief from “unfair” imports,
domestic users of wire rod products fear a potential shortage of supply.
Canadian
Steel
Banner Year Ahead
Auto industry doldrums and a less-than-favorable exchange rate can’t
curb overall enthusiasm for Canadian steel in 2006.
Year
in Review
Steel Stays Strong in “Year of the Storm”
Looking back at the major industry new events of 2005 reveals a market
surprised by the economy’s strength, and concerned about the dark
clouds ahead.
From
the Editor's Desk
Where
Integrity’s Considered
a Competitive Advantage
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief
Business
Topics
Aleris
Exec: Market Efficiency
Lags Aluminum Sales Growth
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief
Service Center News
- Edgen, Murray Combine Forces
- AMG Forms Plate Products Division
- Metals USA Deal Complete
- Correction
- Briefs
Metal Industry News
- Metals
Industry Anxious
About GM's Woes - Dofasco
OKs Cash Bid
From ThyssenKrupp - Treasury's
Take on China
Angers Currency Coalition - SDI
Expands Operation
at Bar Mill - Industry
Seeks Relief
on Chinese Pipe Surge - Worthington
Strengthens
Interest in Dietrich Canada - Kaiser Signs Deal with Airbus
- Mittal to Purchase Stelco Subsidiaries
- Northwest
Pipe Allies
With Lone Star Technologies - Alcoa
Curtails Production
of Eastalco Smelter - Century
Aluminum Subsidiary
Accelerates Icelandic Expansion - Expanded
Solutions Forms
Trucking Company - Carpenter
Special Products
Becomes Viridiam
- Briefs
- People
Association News
- MSCI:
Service Centers Report
Drop in Steel Inventories;
Shipments Lag Last Year - AISI:
Steel Imports Increase
18 Percent in October - CBSA:
Copper Shipments
Show Improvement - SSINA:
Stainless Consumption
Down 5 Percent in U.S. - AIIS:
Steel Shippers Honor
Port of New Orleans Exec
For Hurricane Response - Briefs
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