March 2006
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Copper
and Brass Market
Fear of
Falling Copper Prices
Astoundingly high copper prices have given service center executives a
fear of heights—and what may happen if copper suddenly falls.
End-Use
Outlook
Appliance Market
Cooking Up Another Successful Year
The appliance market has all the fixin’s of another satisfying year.
The recipe for success: a healthy economy, surprisingly strong new-home
construction, nascent hurricane rebuilding, energy-efficient machine designs
and consumers willing to pay for aesthetics as well as functionality.
ASD
Roundtable
‘No Longer a Home
Run Game’
Six service center executives from the Association of Steel Distributors
sat down with Metal Center News Editor Tim Triplett for a roundtable
discussion. They shared thoughts on such topics as current market conditions,
supply and demand issues, industry consolidation, mill-service center
relations, pricing trends, imports, logistics, the plight of American
manufacturing, sales compensation and capital spending.
Fourth-Quarter
Report and Outlook
Reckoning
with Reliance
Like metals that are melded to create desirable new alloys, the alliance
of Reliance and EMJ creates a competitor with formidable strength. What
are the implications of this “alloyance” for the rest of the
service center market?
From
the Editor's Desk
China's
Not Necesarily
the Evil You Imagine
By Tim Triplett, Editor-In-Chief
Business
Topics
New
Driver-Safety Regulations
Worsen the Logistics Logjam
By Dan Markham, Senior Editor
Steel
Execs: China Represents
Greater Opportunity Than Threat
By Dan Markham (2006
FMA Toll Processing Conference)
Service Center News
- EMJ
Opens New Distribution Facility
in Quebec City - Reliance
Subsidiary Buys
Two Flat Rock Processing Facilities - NBM Builds New Warehouse in Ohio
- O'Neal Steel Acquires Colorado's Timberline
- R&R
Trading to Build
New Warehouse at Port of Longview - Steel
Warehouse Opening
Facility in Monterrey - Tico
Titanium Reloacting Facility
In Spring, Texas - ThyssenKrupp
Materials NA
Acquires Hearn Group - Four
Hughes Supply Brances to Operate
Under Metals Inc. Name - Copper
and Brass Sales
Adds Capacity at 3 Sites - SCS Process Continues to Gain Converts
- Briefs
- People
Metal Industry News
- Mittal
Delivers Takeover Offer;
Arcelor Board Firmly Opposed - Arcelor
Purchases 88% Share
Of Dofasco, Stake in Laiwu - Metal
Industry Supports Scouts
at April 5 Dinner Show in Chicago - MSCI
Carbon Conference:
Service Center Execs
Offer Positive World View - Leavitt Celebrates 50 Years
- Maverick Reports 4Q Earnings Increase
- Bayou
Sales Increase,
Income Falls During 1Q - Stelco
Completes Sale
of Subsidiaries to Mittal - Century Aluminum Reports Loss for 2005
- Northwest
Pipe Reports
Record Sales, Earnings - Correction
- Briefs
- People
Association News
- Currency
Coalition Dismayed
By Report's View of China - MSCI:
Steel, Aluminum Shipments
On the Rise in U.S., Canada - CBSA:
Sharp Increase for Copper
Shipments During January - SSINA:
Stainles Steel Imports
Slightly Down from 2004 - AIIS:
Steel Imports Down
Significantly in 2005 - IISI:
World Steel Production
Begins Year With Increase - Briefs
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