April 2008

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Automotive Market
Bottom of the Trough in Sight?
Metal suppliers are looking past 2008 at hopeful signs of an automotive rebound.

Steel Futures Rollout
Draws Another Look
Proponents of steel futures trading press on despite lackluster interest among steel producers and distributors.

Stainless Weathers 2007 Storm:
Do More Dark Clouds Loom?
Analyst Markus Moll says prospects for the worldwide stainless market are heavily dependent on the U.S. economy’s run-in with recession.

MCN Case Study: Contractors Steel Co.
Contractors Grows as Economy Slows
Despite the doldrums in Detroit, this Michigan service center continues its half-century of growth with unabated investment in plant and equipment.

From the Editor's Desk
Surprising Steel Prices Defy
Law of Supply and Demand
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
What Recession? Steel's Poised
for Profits Despite Poor Demand
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Service Center News Home Page

  • A.M. Castle Reports Record Sales in 2007
  • ThyssenKrupp Becomes Majority Partner
    in Tailor-Welded Blank Joint Venture
  • Worthington Reports Higher Sales, Earnings
  • Main Steel Relocates Dallas Facility
  • National Bronze & Metals
    Adds Two Sales Veterans
  • Briefs
  • People

Metal Industry News Home Page

  • Evraz, TMK Acquire IPSCO’s
    Tubulars Business from SSAB
  • DiMicco: Steel Market Strong
    Despite Recession
  • Severstal Agrees to Buy Sparrows Point
  • EPA Recognizes Copper’s
    Antimicrobial Properties
  • $25 Million Expansion
    On Track at Indalex
  • Nucor Acquires Two More Recyclers
  • Aleris Revenues Increase,
    But Earnings Decline in Tough 2007
  • Esmark Selling Interest in Venture with Nisshin
  • Alcoa Combines Transportation Units
  • AK Steel Signs Coke, Energy Contract
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News Home Page

  • Phelps Calls Out Steel Market ‘Contradictions’
  • MSCI: U.S., Canadian Steel Inventories Decline,
    Aluminum Dips in U.S.
  • IISI: Growth Rate Slows in World Steel Production
  • SSINA: Specialty Steel Imports,
    Consumption Decline
  • NAM: Manufacturing is Struggling,
    But Not in Recession
  • PMA: Lack of Imports ‘Problematic’
  • CBSA: Red Metal Shipments
    Off to a Good Start
  • Briefs
 

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