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Today is the First of May, which means you’ve probably already begun celebrating International Cargo Securement Awareness Month, an event too big for one of those 30-day months.

O’Neal Steel LLC, Birmingham, Ala., has launched a new brand identity, including a new logo, website and enhanced e-commerce platform, PRONTO.

Shipments of copper products decreased slightly in March compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

AK Steel reported a net loss of $4.5 million in the first quarter, compared with net income of $28.7 million in the year-ago period. Excluding a $77.4 million charge for the Ashland Works closure, the West Chester, Ohio-based steelmaker’s adjusted net income was $72.9 million.

World crude steel production totaled 155 million metric tons in March, reports the World Steel Association, Brussels. The total was up 4.9 percent from March 2018.

Olympic Steel has opened a new distribution facility in Hanceville, Ala. In conjunction with the move, Hannah N. Price has been appointed general manager of the company’s Alabama division.

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated most personal deductions for casualty losses, but options remain for service center operators.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, reported net sales of nearly $3 billion in the first quarter, a 7.2 percent increase over the same quarter in 2018. Sales were up 5.1 percent compared with the prior quarter.

As we consider volatility in its various faces or forms, how can one make good decisions as a business leader, business owner, parent or community leader?

Fifty years in, LexCentral Steel is primed to upgrade its processing. Meanwhile, sister company Union Partners has become a major acquirer in the steel distribution industry.