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It isn’t every day the National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers (NAAMM) comes calling. And although there was no chance the organization was going to break down any doors, there was a certain urgency to the knock. More »
In a move to promote its Facebook page and raison d’etre, the Brussels-based World Steel Association (WorldSteel) has launched its first-ever photography competition around the theme: Steel in your life. More »
It’s no secret that steel has—and has had—the inside track when it comes to affordability among the handful of metals and materials racing full throttle to win a larger share of the automotive market. Even so, news to that effect is always welcome. More »
A grand total of three women from the metals and mining sector—four if you stretch a point—cracked this year’s list of Canada’s 100 most powerful women, an awards program created 10 years ago by the 18,000-member strong Women’s Executive Network. More »
An American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) project proposal to be conducted in collaboration with the University of Utah had been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Innovative Manufacturing Initiative for a $7.1 million award. More »
After 18 years in the lab, the investors, entrepreneurs and executive team at the helm of The NanoSteel Company are on the road to Detroit, armed with three classes of new advanced high-strength steel (AHSS). More »
Cliffs Natural Resources' chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Joseph Carrabba speaks with Inner Circle. More »
In early September--and only weeks before the milestone merger of Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries, representatives of the U.S.-based Japan Steel Information Center exchanged views with AMM Inner Circle on the depth of those changes and their influence on the future direction of their parent companies and the Japanese steel sector as a whole. Pull up a chair and join the discussion. More »
Xstrata Plc shareholders have approved the $90-billion all-share merger with Glencore International Plc, but failed to back a scheme to retain key management after the deal is done. More »
Qatar Holding has achieved more bang for its buck in securing a higher price ratio for the deal merging Glencore International and Xstrata Plc, but it remains to be seen at what cost. More »
A report issued by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) confirms what U.S. ferrous scrap consumers and export yards have been feeling the ill effects of—or benefitting from—respectively for the past several years, namely that container vessel calls, capacity, and deadweight tonnage of ships arriving at and departing from Pacific Coast seaports and, increasingly, along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are on the rise. More »
As the U.S. economy continues to rebound from one of the worst cyclical downturns in history, we are beginning to feel the effects of some of the steepest challenges the transportation industry has experienced. More »
Since the 1970’s, the number of companies comprising the sector has plunged from just above 80 to slightly more than 20 despite about a 50-percent increase in alloy demand over that same period. More »
Things didn’t exactly go swimmingly along the banks of the Tombigbee River at Calvert, Ala., where the ownership of a multi-billion-dollar carbon steel plant built by ThyssenKrupp AG some 40 miles north of Mobile is about to change. More »
For decades, no less a medical authority than Mary Poppins has been advising children and adults alike that a spoonful of sugar will help the medicine go down. Today, thanks to a faulty temperature reading on a laboratory baking oven, researchers at Oregon State University are eyeing the commercialization of a new breed of non-toxic, environmentally-benign and cost-effective sand binder based on the therapeutic powers of that same material. More »
While Ford Motor Co. readies to take one of the biggest gambles in its’ storied history--by outfitting its F-150 pickup truck with a mostly aluminum body, BMW has been driving deeper into carbon fiber technology. More »
While BMW’s all-electric i3 has yet to hit the street, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. is poised to roll-out its all-new, all-electric 2012 RAV4 EV through select California dealers--mostly in major metropolitan markets--the week of September 24. More »
U.S. imports, consumption and market penetration data for specialty steel product lines provided by the Specialty Steel Industry of North America. More »
Word Steel Association top steel-producers for 2011 More »
Piece by piece. The status of RG Steel LLC's asset sales as of September 21. Purchase prices and other information are based on court documents filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, unless otherwise noted. More »
Preliminary figures released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) show that stainless steel crude steel production has been stable in the first half of 2012 with a slight decrease of just 0.2% compared to the same period of 2011. More »