Mechanical Tubing
Price, Availability Concerns Dominate DOM Market
Distributors say reduced capacity and rising steel prices are the biggest threats to an otherwise healthy market for drawn-over-mandrel and other mechanical tube products.
Toll Processing Outlook
Automakers Take Tollers Along for the Ride
Business is booming, say toll processors, but how long will that last? Much depends on what happens to steel prices in the second quarter.
Metal Center News 2010
Directory of Toll Processors
MCN’s annual toll processing directory is a simple, easy-to-use resource to help companies locate service providers that can meet their specific processing needs. This Directory is not published on the Web site.
Titanium Outlook
Optimism’s High for Ti
Robust international demand for titanium has suppliers excited about the material’s prospects in 2011 and beyond.
Fourth-Quarter & Year-End Financials: Mills
Positive Momentum
In their fourth-quarter and year-end reports to analysts and investors, executives from the major publicly held mills all forecast continuing gains for the metals markets in 2011.