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1-11-2012 Worthington’s Earnings up 27 Percent
1-11-2012: Gerdau Expands Monroe SBQ Facility
1-11-2011: Severstal Starts HDGL Line at Dearborn
1-11-2012: New Steel-Hauling Method
12-21-11: Ryerson Acquires Turret Companies
12-21-11 Stainless Imports Up 30 Percent
12-21-11 MSCI Nov. Growth Off
12-21-2011: ASD Names Chase Man of Year
12-21-2011 FMP to Operate Slitter at TMK IPSCO
12-21-11: Optima Purchases Niagara LaSalle
1-11-2012 PMI Increases to 53.9 Percent in Dec.
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December 2011
12-7-11 What’s Your Outlook for 2012?
12-7-11 Former CBO Director Advocates Growth
12-7-11 CMC Board Rejects Icahn’s Offer
12-7-11 Samuel Acquires Doral Steel
12-7-11 Gordon Bros. Opening Gary Facility
12-7-11 ISM: PMI Increases to 52.7 Percent
12-7-11 AISI: Steel Imports Up
12-7-11 MPG Standards Stand a Chance
November 2011
11-2011 Carbon Flat-Roll Outlook
11-2011 Jacobson Satisfaction Survey
11-2011 Tool Steel Outlook
11-2011 Wrought Bronze
11-2011 Third-Quarter Report & Outlook Mills
11-2011 Business Topics
11-2011 From the Editor
11-2-11 Weaker PMI Still Shows Growth
11-2-11 Ryerson Opens Facility
11-30-11 News: The Consumer Has Spoken
11-30-11 Republic Building EAF in Ohio
11-16-11 Olympic Reports Record Third Quarter
11-2-11 Specialty Steel Consumption, Imports Up
11-2-11 A.M. Castle’s Sales, Earnings Rise in 3Q
11-2-11 Reliance Net Income Declines from 2nd Qtr.
11-30-11 Service Center Shipments Increase in Oct.
11-30-11 M/K Offers Stainless Hollow Bar
11-30-11 Steel Exports Climb in September
11-30-11 Crude Steel Production Up 6.2 Percent
11-30-11 People in the News
11-16-11 Russel’s Revenues Up in Third Quarter
11-16-11 Castle Expands Oil & Gas Business
11-16-11 MSCI Adds Red Metals Division
11-16-11 Marmon/Keystone Opens Charlotte Center
11-16-11 Red Metal Imports Fall, Exports Climb
11-16-11 Samuel Acquires Doral Steel
2011 Cutting Edge
Fall 2011 Trumpf
Fall 2011 Koike
Fall 2011 Hypertherm
Fall 2011 Cincinnati
Fall 2011 ESAB
Fall 2011 Products
October 2011 TOC
10-2011 Business Topics
10-2011 From the Editor
10-5-11 Prolamsa Acquires ERW Tubing Producer
10-5-11 Hussey Copper Files for Chapter 11
10-5-11 New American Steel Coalition Supports U.S.
10-5-11 Processing Fuels Worthington Earnings
10-5-11 NAM Urges Congress to Pass Free Trade
10-5-11 Red Metals Shipments Decline in August
10-5-11 Manufacturing Sector Expands
10-19-11 Red Metal Imports, Exports Decline
10-19-11 News Service Center Shipments Ahead
10-19-11 News Pennsylvania Steel Extends Reach
11-2-11 Leavitt Tube Upgrades Operations
10-19-11 News Alcoa Sales, Profits Up from 2010
10-19-11 News SDI"s Third Quarter Earnings
10-2011 Aerospace Metals Market
10-2011 Service Center Consolidation
10-2011 Aluminum Outlook
10-2011 MSCI Economic Summit
September 2011
9-2011 BT
9-2011 Editorial
9-7-11 News: USGA: Marcellus Even More Promising
9-21-2011 Alcoa to Expand at Davenport
9-21-2011 Service Center Shipments Rise in August
9-7-11 News: O’Neal Expands on West Coast
9-7-11 News: New Mill, Line Coming to Severstal
9-7-11 News: Carpenter Plans New Premium Facility
9-7-11 News: Kaiser Expands Capacity
9-7-11 News: Economic Growth Slows In August
9-7-11 News: Copper Shipments Dip in July
9-7-11 News: Copper’s Value Attracts More Thieves
9-21-2011 Aluminum Industry Report
9-21-2011 World Crude Steel Production Climbs
9-21-2011 Stainless Imports Up Through June
9-21-2011 Red Metal Imports, Exports Climb
9-2011 Top 50
9-2011 Energy Tubular Market
9-2011 Military Metals Outlook
9-2011 MCN Case Study: Klein Steel
August 2011
August 2011 Business Topics
August 2011 From the Editor
8-24-11 News: Mexican Flat-Rolled Facility
8-10-11 News: July’s PMI Shows Growth
8-10-11 News: Russel’s Earnings Improve in Second
8-10-11 News: Castle Reports Strong 2Q Sales
8-10-11 News: Olympic’s Sales Jump 41 Percent
8-10-11 News: Ranger Steel Opens Center
8-10-11 News: Evraz Expands Pipe Making Capacity
8-24-11 News: Growth Slows in Service Center Ship
8-24-11 News: Export Market Bears Watching
8-24-11 News: Brass Mill Imports, Exports Up
8-24-11 News: FerrouSouth Claims
8-24-11 News: People on the Move
8-10-11 News: Reliance Acquires Continental Alloys
8-2011 Second-Quarter Report: SC
8-2111 Second-Quarter Report: Mills
8-2011 Spotlight on Technology: Robotics
8-2011 Service Center Market Analysts
8-2011 Carbon Plate Market
8-2011 Mid-Year Service Center Report
2011 IT Solutions
2011: Crowe Horwath
2011: Ontrak Software
2011 Northrop Grumman
2011 Enmark
2011: Paragon Consulting
2011 Invera
July 2011
7-2011 Business Topics
7-2011 From the Editor
7-13-11 News: Samuel Strengthens Presence
7-13-11 News: Slow Growth Continues
7-13-11 News: Shipments Up Over 5 % This Year
7-13-11 News: Alcoa Sets Quarterly Records
7-13-11 News: Worthington Earns $115 Million
7-13-11 News: World Steel Production Up
7-27-11 News: Sales, Income Climb for Metals USA
7-27-11 News: MSCI: Shipments Slow in June
7-27-11 News Feralloy Creates Solar Market JV
7-27-11 News SDI’s Net Income Doubles
7-27-11 News Severstal Gets DOE Loan
7-27-11 News: ITC Upholds Duties
7-27-11 News CBFC:Brass Mill Imports, Exports Rise
7-2011: Mining Equipment
7-2011 Specialty Metals Report
7-2011 Exploring Exports
7-2011 Association of Steel Distributors
7-2011 Steel Success Strategies
June 2011
6-2011 Business Topics
6-2011 From the Editor
6-29-2011 News: Merge
6-2-2011 News: Gerdau Expanding Bar Business
6-2-11 News: ThyssenKrupp Spinoff of Stainless
6-15-2011 News: Recent Slowdown Just Temporary
6-2-11 News: MSCI Names New Board of Directors
6-2-11 News: Copper and Brass Shipments Fall
6-2-11 News: ISM: Economic Growth Slows in May
6-2-11 News: Global Metals M&A Value Doubles
6-2-11 News: Scott Brass Buys Aluminum Services
6-2-11 News: Venture Acquires Gasteel
6-15-2011: Wheatland Tube Expands DOM Production
6-15-2011: Eddie Kane Opens Plate Facility
6-15-2011 News: Metals USA to Open Facility
6-15-2011 News: Specialty Steel Imports Climb
6-15-2011 News: Red Metals Imports, Exports Declin
6-15-2011 News: Metal Managers on the Move
6-2011 Transportation & Logistics
6-2011 Construction Market Outlook
6-2011 Sales Management
6-2011 First-Quarter Report & Outlook: SC
6-29-2011 News: People in the Metals Industry
6-29-2011 News: Manufacturing Institute Sets Goal
6-29-2011 News: Steel, Aluminum Shipments Rebound
6-29-11 News: Farwest Steel Will Build Facility
6-29-2011 News: Universal Acquires Patriot
MCN May 2011
5-2011 From the Editor
5-2011 Business Topics
5-1911 News: Olympic, Chicago Tube to Merge
5-19-11 News: Brass Mill Imports, Exports on Rise
5-19-11 News: Steel Warehouse, Triple S Steel Join
5-4-2011 News: ITC Suffers Storm Damage
5-4-2011 News: SDI Ventures into Copper Market
5-4-2011 News: RG to Restart Sparrows Point
5-4-2011 News: ThyssenKrupp Starts Coated Prod
5-4-2011 News: U.S., Canadian Shipments Steady
5-4-2011 News: Manufacturing Continues to Expand
5-4-2011 News: World Steel Demand Hit New Record
5-4-2011 News: Red Metals Shipments Up 6.8 Percent
5-19-11 News: Steel Shipment Growth Rate Slows
5-19-11 News: Olympic Reports Profitable Quarter
5-19-11 News: Sales Gains Drive Profitable Quarter
5-2011 Top 10 Service Center Equipment Brands
5-2011 Capital Spending Report
5-2011 Mexican Steel
5-2011 First-Quarter Report & Outlook: Mills
5-2011: First-Quarter Report & Outlook: SC
5-2011 Spotlight on Technology
April 2011
4-2011 Business Topics
4-2011 From the Editor
4-6-11 News: Worthington Reports Improved Quarter
4-6-11 News: ThyssenKrupp Starts Coated Production
4-6-11 News: Republic, Grupo Simec Expand
4-6-11 News: Hydro Aluminum Completes Phase 1
4-6-2011 News: RG Steel to Restart Sparrows Point
4-20-11 News: SDI Ventures into Copper Market
4-20-11 News: Timken Expanding Capacity
4-20-11 News: Alcoa Reports “Excellent” First Quar
4-20-11 News: MSCI: U.S., Canadian Shipments Stead
4-20-11 News: Stainless Imports Up 62 Percent
4-2011 Green Iniatives
4-2011: SBB Steel Markets North America
4-2011 FMA Toll Processing Report
4-2011 Computer Software
4-2011 Automotive Markets
4-2011 Automotive Metals Report
MCN March 2011
3-2011 Business Topics
3-2011 From the Editor
3-2011 News: Castle Upbeat
3-2011 News Macsteel Acquires Steel Coil Services
3-2011 News: Restructured Aleris Reports Gains
3-2011 News: PMI Inches Up
3-2011 News: U.S. Steel Imports Continue to Grow
3-2011 News Specialty Steel Imports Outpace Consum
3-2011 News: CBSA: Copper Shipments Start Strong
3-2011 News Renco Acquires Three Mills from Severs
3-2011 News: Mexican Trucking Deal
3-2011 News: Metals USA Closes Deal
3-2011 News: Singer Steel is Ryerson’s Fourth Deal
3-2011 News: A.M. Castle Upbeat Despite 2010 Loss
3-2011 News: MSCI: Metals Growth Rate Declines
3-2011 Newa: WSA Crude Steel Production
3-2011 News: AIIS: Steel Imports Increase
3-2011 News: CBFC: Brass Mill Imports, Exports Up
3-2011 Red Metals Outlook
3-2011 Appliance Market
3-2011 MCN Sales Compensation Survey
3-2011 Spotlight on Technology: Fiber Lasers
3-2011 Fourth-Quarter, Year-End Reports: SC
3-2011 Case Study: Ferrous Metal Processing
MCN February 2011
2-2011 From the Editor
2-2011 Business Topics
2-2011 News: Russel Focuses on OCTG
2-2011 News: Merger of Japanese Giants
2-2011 News: Nucor Go-Ahead
2-2011 News: Evraz Relocates
2-2011 News: Brush Changes Name to Materion
2-2011 News: Allied Tube
2-2011 News: Copper, Brass Shipments
2-2011 News: ASD Names Vitucci
2-2011 News: Support Scouts
2-11 News: Primrose Acquisition Changes Channel
2-2011 News: Reliance Sales, Income Jump in 2010
2-2011 News: Brass Mill Exports Rise
2-2011 News: Worthington Acquires MISA Assets
2-2011 News: Shipments Surge in January
2-2011 Mechanical Tubing Outlook
2-2011 Toll Processing Outlook
2-2011 Titanium Outlook
2-2011 Fourth-Quarter & Year-End Report: Mills
2-2011 Fourth-Quarter & Year-End Report: SC
Metal Center News January 2011
1-2011 Business Topics
1-2011 From the Editor
1-2011 Price Hikes Unlikely to Stick
1-2011 News: Cost of Scrap?
1-2011 News: Alcoa Fourth Quarter
1-2011 News: Worthington's Sales Up
1-2011 News: Imports Jump
1-2011 News: Pennsylvania Steel Buys Facility
1-2011 News: Carpenter Foothold
1-2011 News: Stainless Imports Up
1-2011 News: Severstal
Jan 2011 Price Hikes Outpacing Demand
Jan 2011 Retail Metal Specialists
1-2011 News: Klöckner Acquisition
1-2011 News: MSCI: U.S., Canadian Metal Shipments
1-2011 News: Primrose Alloys Changes The Channel
1-2011 News: RBI Tech Support Hosts Seminar
4-6-11 News: ISM Reports Growth
2010 Issues
December 2010 Table of Contents
12-2010 Business Topics
12-2010 From the Editor
12-2010 SBQ Market
12-10 News Bouchard's Back in Business
12-2010 Year in Review: 2010
12-2010 Castle Pleased
12-2010 Red Metals Shipments
12-2010 Alro Acquires Anderson Metals
12-2010 Reliance Buys Lampros Companies
12-2010 Chicago Economists Predict Growth
12-2010 Manufacturing Expands
12-20-10 Supply Exec Forecast Continued Growth
12-20-10 Turret Acquires Wilcox
12-22-2010 Namasco Extends Reach in Texas
12-22-20101 Shipments Up
12-22-2010 Max Aicher Restarting Mill
12-22-2010 Brass Imports, Exports
12-2010: MCN Executive of the Year
Metal Center News May 2010
Feralloy President Roger Sippey Retires
Horizon Acquires MC Steel
Lockheed Martin Extends JSF Deal with Castle
Copper, Brass Shipments Climbing
Business Topics 5-2010
From the Editor 5-2010
Mill First-Quarter Report & Outlook 5-20-10
Service Center First-Quarter Report & Outlook 2010
MCN Case Study: Majestic Steel 5-2010
MSCI: Shipments Maintain Momentum
ThyssenKrupp Completes Water Treatment Facilities
U.S. Steel Canada Selling Bar, Bloom and Billet Mi
New Location for Sunbelt-Turret
Severstal Sells Four Northern Steel Group Companie
AISI, NAM: Climate Change Bill Falls Short
Bankruptcy Court Clears Way for Sale of PTC
Bouchards Reacquire Five Service Centers
Top 10 Brands 5-2010
Cap Ex Outlook 5-2010
CBSA Report 5-2010
Steel, Aluminum Shipments Rise at Double-Digit Ra
MCN July 2010
7-2010 Business Topics
Manufacturing Expands for 11th Straight Month
Metals USA Acquires J. Rubin
Tri Star Merges
Expansion for Russel Metals
7-2010 Manufacturing Expanding
7-2010 News: Brass Rises
7-2010 News Business Conditions
Dennen Opening Facility in Mississippi
7-2010 MCN Case Study: Christy Metals
7-2010 Heavy Equipment
7-2010 Stainless Steel Outlook
7-2010 Kaiser Kalamazoo
7-2010 Rebound in Doubt
7-2010 Nucor Second-Quarter
7-2010 News Part Production
7-2010 Shipments
IT Solutions 2010
2010 IT Solutions Enmark Systems
2010 IT Solutions Invera
2010 IT Solutions 4GL
2010 It Solutions: Paragon Consulting
2010 IT Solutions: Verticent Inc.`
2010 IT Solutions Compusource Corp.
2010 IT Solutions: Bayern Software
2010 IT Solutions Northrop Grumman
2010 IT Solutions: Zilliant Inc.
Metal Center News August 2010
8-2 GDP Slows to 2.4 Percent
8-2 PMI Shows Slight Slowdown
8.2 Reliance Reports Sales Up
8-2 U.S. Steel Cuts Losses
8-2 Copper Shipments Up
8-2010 Mid-Year Service Center Report
8-2010 Carbon Plate Market
8-2010 Producer Profile: Sapa Extrusions
8-2010 Second-Quarter Report: Service Centers
8-2010 Second-Quarter Report and Outlook: Mills
8-2010 Ryerson Acquires Houston Plate Processor
8-17-2010 Steel Imports
8-17-2010 Brass Imports
8-17-2010 SMA Wind Towers
8-17-2010 Russel Metals' Earnings
8-17-2010 Service Center Shipments
8-31-10 Conditions Stable
8-31-2010: Russel consolidates
8-31-2010 Stainless Consumption Up Big
8-31-2010 Timken Plans Upgrades
Metal Center News September 2010
9-1-2010 PMI Growth
9-8-2010 Ryerson Opens New Facility in Mexico
9-15-2010 Gerdau Macsteel
9-15-2010 Heidtman
9-15-2010 Pennex Aluminum
9-15-2010 Brass Mill Imports
9-29-2010 Aluminum Rebounds in August
9-29-2010: Nucor New DRI Plant
9-29-2010 Sapa Expands Capacity
9-29-2010 Gerdau Acquisition
9-29-2010 Good Alliance for Siskin
9-29-2010 IMS Opens Store
9-2010 Business Topics
9-2010 From the Editor
9-2010 MCN Top 50
9-2010 Top 50 Listing
9-2010 Energy Pipe and Tube Market
9-2010 Producer Profile
9-2010 Military Metals Outlook
Metal Center News October 2010
10-2010 Business Topics
10-2010 From the Editor
10-7 Reliance Acquires Perforated Metal
10-7 Service Centers Will Go to Market as Esmark
10-13-2010 New Thyssen Krupp Mill
10-13-10 Steel Imports Dip
10-13-10 Klein Expands Retail Business
10-13-10 New Processor Raises the Bar Midstream
10-2010 MSCI Economic Summit
10-2010 Aerospace
10-2010 Producer Profile: ThyssenKrupp Stainless
10-2010 Aluminum Market Outlook
10-27-2010 Steel Shipments Up 20 Percent
10-27-2010 Reliance 3Q Sales Up
10-27-2010 Kaiser to Purchase Hard Alloy Extrusion
10-27-2010 Esmark Adds Kelco to Group
10-27-2010 New Star Makes Capital Investment
Metal Center News November 2010
11-2010 Business Topics
11-10-10 CBSA Shipments Increase
11-10-10 Klein Expands
11-10-10 Wolverine Tube Files for Chapter 11
11-10-10 A.M.Castle See Demand Improve
11-10-10 Olympic Ups Sales
11-10-09 PMI Accelerates
11-24-2010 Shipments Continue Upward Trend
11-24-2010 Russel Continues Rebound
11-24-2010 NTS Heads West
11-24-2010 Metals USA Acquires Service Center
11-2010 Carbon Flat-Roll Outlook
11-2010 Producer Profile: ThyssenKrupp Steel USA
11-2010 Tool Steel Market
11-2010 Third-Quarter Report and Outlook: Mills
11-2010 Customer Satisfaction Survey
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