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Distributor shipments of stainless steel products in the United States totaled 145,600 tons in March, down 7.1 percent from 156,700 tons in the same month last year but up 1.8 percent from February’s 143,000 tons, according to Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) data.
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An all-aluminum vehicle could help trim weight by 40 percent while boosting fuel economy by 18 percent, according to a study commissioned by the Aluminum Association.
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Lourenco Goncalves’ retirement from the steel sector brings to an end a career that spanned more than three decades and multiple continents, and witnessed numerous changes in an evolving metals industry.
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Abakan Inc. is partnering with welding and allied technologies organization Edison Welding Institute (EWI) to accelerate the manufacturing scale-up of its CermaClad pipe.
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Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. will jointly develop new-generation nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for cars, crossover vehicles, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and trucks.
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Atlas Pipeline Partners LP has agreed to pay $1 billion to acquire Teak Midstream LLC, a natural gas gathering and processing company with assets in the Eagle Ford shale.
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Henkel Corp.’s automotive group has introduced a new pretreatment process in North America that will allow more aluminum to be used in cars and trucks, the company said.
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ExxonMobil Corp. has removed the damaged section of its Pegasus oil pipeline, which spilled 5,000 barrels of oil in central Arkansas last month, the company said.
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The proposed repeal of a tax deduction on intangible drilling costs could significantly reduce the number of new natural gas wells being drilled, according to America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA), an organization representing 26 natural gas producers.
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March housing data released by the U.S. Census Bureau April 16 show continued growth in residential construction but could foreshadow a slowdown, Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, told AMM.
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Aluminum product shipments from U.S. and Canadian service centers increased in March compared with a month earlier while inventories edged lower.
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Omitting Chinese OCTG that are heat-treated and finished in third-party countries from countervailing and anti-dumping duties could be "absolutely devastating for the U.S. industry," according to counsel for U.S. Steel Corp.
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The growth of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. has been based largely on acquisitions, and its biggest purchase to date—that of Metals USA Holding Corp.—creates a company that boasts slightly more than $10 billion in pro forma sales.
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Steel service centers are sitting out of the market amid concerns about building inventories as business remains slack after registering mixed shipping results in March.
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Superior Industries International Inc. plans to build a new aluminum wheel manufacturing plant in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Seven of nine prime and scrap metal price indices tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics declined month on month in March, and all but one index was weaker year on year.
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Mirroring sentiments from nearly all other links in the manufacturing supply chain, metalformers say they’re doing well—if they’re selling into the auto industry. Otherwise, they are waiting for other end-use markets to pickup.
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GBC Metals LLC, part of Olin Brass Inc., plans to increase prices for its light-guage, narrow-width and specialty finish products beginning with June 28 shipments.
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While the volume of container shipments to the United States is likely to increase as a result of the Panama Canal expansion, dry bulk shipments, such as iron ore and coal, could gain little or no traction due to higher fuel rates, according to one industry analyst.
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Diehl Steel Co. has installed a new plate mill that can custom machine material up to 30 inches wide by 50 inches deep by 12 inches high.
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U.S. ports are doing what they can to meet future freight capacity needs with insufficient federal funding, but the U.S. risks losing out on the global stage if it doesn’t step up its infrastructure investment, two industry executives told a Senate committee hearing.
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The rail and trucking industries will be ready for any increase in freight that could arrive at U.S. ports once the Panama Canal expansion is complete, industry spokesmen told a Senate committee.
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Aluminum wheel manufacturer Superior Industries International Inc. has named executive vice president and chief financial officer Kerry A. Shiba to its board of directors.
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Duct tape won’t cut it for U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.Va.), who wants the United States to strategically invest in its transportation network for the long term.