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THE MONTH IN METALS

• Steel Success Strategies XXVIII sets its sights high

  Titans of industry will come together to honor the best of the best while tackling the issues that continue to plague the steel sector in 2013.

FULL OF SCRAP

• Scrap volatility does not trump business savvy

  While economic uncertainty is still the order of the day, prudence and patience will keep scrap players prepared for whatever comes next.

From the Editor

AMM COMMENT

• It's an honor to recognize the best

  We always have a spring in our step here at AMM at the start of summer, an exciting time of year. Soon we will be announcing the winners in the fourth annual Awards for Steel Excellence program, as well as inducting the next group of honorees into our Steel Hall of Fame.

Features

PIPE CLEANER

• 'Frac pipe' poses new threat to steel mills

  After a recent incident at a Texas steel mill in which a scrap charge thought to contain ‘frac pipe’ exploded, a debate has kicked up over the dangers posed by some raw materials.

• AMM Steel Hall of Fame: Keith Busse

  After leading Nucor’s pioneering Crawfordsville, Ind., facility into production in the mid-1980s, Busse built Steel Dynamics into one of the nation’s premier steel companies.

• AMM Steel Hall of Fame: Cecilia Danieli

  Italy’s Lady of Steel helped build or equip numerous mini-mills around the world at a time when integrated mills were still recovering from the hard times of the 1970s and early 1980s.

• AMM Steel Hall of Fame: Tadeusz Sendzimir

  Sendzimir’s life was defined by change, with innovations including the introduction of the continuous process for galvanizing steel and the rolling of stainless steel.

BACK IN THE DAY

• Steel in the data: A retrospective

  In this issue, AMM is looking back at the careers of three steel industry giants whose contributions spanned the 20th Century (AMM Steel Hall of Fame inductees, page 34). Some interesting statistical trends emerged over the course of that century that help tell the story of the industry.