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Bull Moose Tube Co. is getting a boost from the U.S. war effort in the form of increased tubular production despite the effects of a lagging economy.
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Nucor Corp. may not make oil country tubular goods (OCTG), but that doesn’t mean the steelmaker’s top executive doesn’t have some strong opinions on the matter that he wants the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to hear.
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ATI Allegheny Ludlum is increasing prices of its nickel-based alloys and specialty stainless steels, but market participants see little sign of an equivalent upturn in demand.
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ATI Allegheny Ludlum is increasing prices of its nickel-based alloys and specialty stainless steels, but market participants see little sign of an equivalent upturn in demand.
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Steel fabricator Oregon Iron Works Inc. has landed a major contract to build the first of 10 buoys for the first U.S. commercial wave energy farm, a project that could eventually create as many as 150 new jobs.
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A foul odor emanating from Washington on greenhouse gas emissions has sparked the ire of some in the U.S. metals industries as they watch the global climate change meetings in Copenhagen.
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If downstream markets are a clue to the future of flat-rolled steel demand, at least one major market on the West Coast continues to withhold encouraging signals.
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AK Steel Corp. intends to increase spot market prices on carbon sheet products by $30 per ton effective with new orders scheduled for shipment Jan. 1.
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The consequences of the Copenhagen climate talks could be disastrous for the U.S. brass and bronze ingot industry, a sector already struggling to keep a foothold in an increasingly global marketplace, sources warned Wednesday.
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First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has made a $340-million bet that it can succeed where BHP Billiton failed and operate the troubled Ravensthorpe nickel and cobalt operation in Australia, despite doubts about the logic of opening a laterite nickel mine at a time when there is already a market surplus.
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ArcelorMittal USA Inc., Chicago, plans to restart the special bar quality line at its Indiana Harbor Long Carbon facility in March, citing “improving market demand.”
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AK Steel Corp. intends to increase spot market prices on carbon sheet products by $30 per ton effective with new orders scheduled for shipment Jan. 1.
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A foul odor emanating from Washington on greenhouse gas emissions has sparked the ire of some in the U.S. metals industries as they watch the global climate change meetings in Copenhagen.
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If downstream markets are a clue to the future of flat-rolled steel demand, at least one major market on the West Coast continues to withhold encouraging signals.
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Two companies manufacturing metal-intensive automotive and truck parts, one in Ohio and the other in Windsor, Ontario, have announced plans to expand their manufacturing base by establishing facilities in Indiana.
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A falloff in domestic metals demand has had a dramatic impact on barge and waterborne shipments in the United States, shipping experts said at AMM’s Moving Metals Conference in Pittsburgh.
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A continued lack of steel demand, a situation many expect will last well into the first quarter, is unlikely to prevent North American steel producers from achieving a price hike of as much as $70 per ton for carbon flat-rolled steel by February, according to market sources, who believe rising costs remain the driver behind the proposed increases.
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AK Steel Corp. is increasing carbon steel spot prices by another $30 per ton, effective Jan. 1.
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Steel industry leaders continue to endorse calls by a wide variety of stakeholders for the need to pass a highway bill very soon, which they say would spur long-term job creation in numerous industries, including manufacturing and steel.
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Steel industry leaders continue to endorse calls by a wide variety of stakeholders for the need to pass a highway bill very soon, which they say would spur long-term job creation in numerous industries, including manufacturing and steel.
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U.S. raw steel production resumed its upward trend last week, rising 1.3 percent to 1,519,000 tons from 1,499,000 tons the previous week.
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As a result of increased production of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation, Baker Hughes Inc. has added two more states to the major state variances in its weekly drill rig count.
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Global competition authorities are being urged to thoroughly examine the impact of a proposed joint venture between iron ore producers Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
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Rail transporters are being negatively impacted in the current economic environment as steel customers are more concerned about delivery times than shipping rates.