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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Open Forum

Oct 12, 2012 | 12:10 AM
Trucking costs are on a one-way road headed due north . . . here’s why

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 »

Oct 09, 2012 | 07:13 PM
Nix on Nasaac: the anatomy of a failed contract

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 »