March 2005
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Features
Copper
and Brass Outlook
Solid Demand, But Volatile
Prices
Though the market paused recently for an inventory correction, mill and
service center executives expect red metals to resume a modest growth
rate for 2005.
Carbon
Market Remains on a Roll
With little challenge from imports, domestic steelmakers expect that flat-roll
supplies will tighten and prices will rise again this year, though more
modestly than in 2004.
Conference
Report: Toll Processing
Momentum!
Analysts and market experts are “quite encouraged” that demand
for steel products and processing services will carry on strong well into
2005.
MCN
Case Study: Acerex
Productivity System Puts Accent
on Success
Boasting a 30 percent improvement in productivity last year,
Mexico’s Acerex is a world-class service center with a homegrown
system for measuring success.
From
the Editor's Desk
Goodbye
to Prices of the Past
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief
Business
Topics
Mexican
Steel 2005:
Slower Growth, Lower Prices
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief
Service Center News
Metal Industry News
- Ampco Right-Sizes for Red Metals Niche
- Dofasco Drops Galv Line Plan
- Internet Auction House Finds Home in Steel
- IPSCO
Establishes Research Unit
For Large-Diameter Pipelines - 10 Observations on the New Steel Landscape
- Offers For Stelco Fall Short
- U.S. Steel to Build Galvanizing Plant
- Ductwork Collapse Hits MIll Finances
- Hussey Names Execs to Head New Units
- Briefs
- People
Association News
- China's
Undervalued Yuan
Pushes Trade Deficit to $162 Billion - AISI: 2004 Steel Shipments Up 5.8% Over 2003
- IISI: Steel Production Stays on Growth Track
- ISM: Steel Buyers Busy, But Inventories High
- CBSA: 2005 Starts Strong For Copper
- SSINA: Stainless Imports Up
- PMA: PMA to ITC: 'End Steel Duties'
- Survey Sees Steady Conditions
- MSCI/PMA/NAM:
Associations to Host
Manufacturing Forum - People
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