November 2006

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Aerospace Metals
 BOOM
Like a jet that breaks the sound barrier, aircraft production is booming so fast that aluminum and titanium suppliers have been jarred by the demand.

Aluminum Market
 Softness Ahead for Aluminum
While demand for aluminum is sky high in the aerospace sector, expectations for other markets are more down to earth.

Canadian Outlook
 A Tale of Two Canadas
The surge in oil and mining delivers boom times for Alberta and western Canada, while southern Ontario struggles with the strong dollar and weak automotive market.

Third-Quarter Report: Mills
 Earnings Eclipse Expectations
Producers of steel and aluminum continued to set new earnings records in the third quarter and forecast stable demand and pricing for the rest of the year. MCN editors offer a roundup of the latest conference calls with analysts and investors.

MCN Case Study: Flatrolled Steel Inc.
From Virtual Service Center to Processing Innovator
 After 10 years without equipment or warehouse, Flatrolled Steel has equipped its new Houston facility with a one-of-a-kind multi-blanking line.

From the Editor's Desk
Aluminum Forecast
Calls for Moderation
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
Improve Tax Savings
By Ignoring Deductions
 By Mark E. Battersby

Service Center News Home Page

  • Acquisitions Lift Reliance
    to Record Sales, Earnings
  • Ryerson Buys Lancaster
    Operations in New York
  • AZCO Opening Alabama Distribution Center
  • Marmon/Keystone Expands
    Service Center Near Montreal
  • Marubeni-Itochu Steel America
    Changes Name to MISA
  • People

Metal Industry News Home Page

  • Wheeling-Pitt, CSN Forge Ahead,
    But Merger Faces Opposition
  • Nucor Picks Memphis for New SBQ Mill
  • Rusal, SUAL, Glencore Merging
    To Form World's Top Aluminum Producer
  • Tata, Corus Combine To Form 5th-Largest Mill
  • Timken Exits Seamless Operation in Europe
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News Home Page

  • Service Center Inventories Cause for Concern?
  • AISI: Steel Imports Remain
    Ahead of 2005 of 2005 Pace
  • SSINA: Stainless Imports Up 14%
    Over Last Year's Pace
  • CBSA: Copper Shipments Up
    Through Nine Months
  • IISI: Crude Steel Production
    Up 8.8 % in September
 

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