Welcome to AMM Inner Circle 

This is your insider’s guide to the metals industry, with in-depth commentary and analysis by AMM’s executive editor. Separate from AMM's daily news coverage, AMM Inner Circle will offer market intelligence of a different kind. This is where you can get inside the heads of industry executives and market experts, where conversations happen, where our editors can share some of their insights outside of the constraints of traditional news and market stories. We'll take you behind the numbers and explain what they mean, post a wealth of reference material, and really dig into the issues facing the market today - join the Inner Circle and gain access to a new level of market intelligence. 

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Feb 01, 2013 | 07:28 PM
Knock, knock ....

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 »

Jan 31, 2013 | 04:58 PM
Get the picture?

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 »

Dec 07, 2012 | 06:13 PM
Cheaper, safer, greener

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 »

Dec 06, 2012 | 05:30 PM
From the somewhat sublime . . .

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 »

Dec 06, 2012 | 05:05 PM
. . . to the what?

From the blogosphere comes news—and some spicy show-and-tell to boot—that a Belarusian iron and steel mill has published and is distributing what’s bound to be a collectors’ item.  More »

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Jo Isenberg

Jo Isenberg is executive editor of AMM. She has been covering the steel industry for over 30 years and has served as editor of AMM for the last 11 years – the most successful decade in the publication’s long history.