July 2007

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Agricultural Equipment Market
Biofuels Boom is Fertile Ground for Steel
Experts predict interest in alternative fuels will bolster the farm, and farm equipment, markets for years to come.

Specialty Steel Outlook:
Demand Enlarges Despite Surcharges
Stainless steel products enjoyed a stellar 2006 and remain in strong demand despite record high prices, the result of unprecedented and volatile nickel surcharges.

North America’s the Hot Spot for Steel
Merger activity and greenfield growth in North America, spurred by both domestic and foreign steel companies, demonstrates the renewed attractiveness of the NAFTA countries for investors.

U.S. Steel Associations Rebut
Chinese Trade Claims
Officials from AISI, SMA and SSINA offer a “significantly different view” in response to a white paper on trade from China’s Chamber of Commerce.

From the Editor's Desk
China Misconceptions
Leave Tough Questions
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
The Memorial Day Tax Surprise
By Mark E. Battersby

IT Solutions
The Code to Customer Service:
Customized Labels

Service Center News Home Page

  • Embattled Ryerson Faces Board Vote
  • Reliance to Acquire Clayton Metals
  • Norfolk to Expand With
    New Iowa Distribution Center
  • Fulton County Processing
    Installs SCS Coil Line
  • Italian Aluminum Supplier
    Opens U.S. Sales Office
  • Briefs
  • People

Metal Industry News Home Page

  • Steel Dynamics to Acquire the Techs
  • Cold Mill Operational at SeverCorr
  • Carpenter Breaks Ground
    For $115 Million Specialty Mill
  • Steel Dust Recycling Plant
    To Service South
  • Nucor to Acquire Magnatrax
  • Kaiser Doubles Plate Capacity
    in Three Years
  • LME to Trade Billets;
    First Foray into Steel Futures Trading
  • ArcelorMittal to Hold Line
    On Prices in Europe
  • Alcoa Completes Soft-Alloy Venture
    With Sapa Group
  • Perforated Sheet Metal Supplier
    Opens New Southern Location
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News Home Page

  • Steel Pipe Case Filed Against China
  • U.S. Producers Question Chinese Commitments
  • MSCI: Steel, Aluminum Inventories Drop in May
    As Demand Slows in U.S., Canada
  • AISI: April Steel Shipments Decline 3.4%
  • ISM: PMI at 55 Percent; New Orders, Production
    ans Employment Growing; Inventories Contracting
  • IISI: Asia Leads Growth in Steel Production
  • SSINA: Specialty Imports Increase
    13 Percent in First Quarter
 

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