Steel Strip

The following article appears in Meps International Steel Review
The recent weakening in China’s domestic steel prices has done little to put a brake on the strong growth in national production. According to the International Iron & Steel Institute, China produced 28.1 million tonnes of crude steel in April. This was an increase of 25.4 percent [...]

Well away from the international steel picture and closer to home, demand for steel strip, continues to weaken. Few mills are working to capacity, and there is some evidence of “short time” working within the industry.
Whilst it is difficult to know what impact the “MG Rover effect” is having, there is clear evidence that demand [...]

I spent much of today negotiating the parking lot that is Birmingham and the Black Country, the M6 and M5 are always a joy! Tuning in to Radio WM can help avoid the odd standstill, although I can’t miss the Jeremy Vine show. Do those Sat-Nav doofer thingies, warn you of traffic jams or guide [...]

I was checking out the Tinbasher Blog today. Paul was musing over the impact of paid advertising with trade directories such as Applegate, with “blogging” and their respective impact on the “bottom line”, enquiries.
I have listed my business BSS Steelstrip with a few of the companies that offer free listings such as Kelly’s and I [...]

Whilst Steelmakers have been posting good financial results for 2004, things are not looking so rosy for this year.
Corus shares fell back further yesterday against forecasts of greatly reduced steel demand during the remainder of 2005. Cutbacks in production are unlikely to be successful in maintaining or increasing price levels as increased production comes online [...]

It seems that the outlook on the steel Industry and prices changes almost day by day. What is clear is that there will not be a repeat of last years unprecedented increases, as demand clearly slows in Europe and North America. Already steel producers have taken measures to reduce production, presumably to ensure that over [...]

I am posting this, as I know that a lot of people I know use Telewest as their ISP, as indeed I did until my move to Shropshire. Most are probably unaware that they may have their emails “blocked” as spam
Telewest email blocked by spam filters 11:34AM
Cable operator Telewest has had the email addresses of [...]

The threat of a strike by the German steelworkers has receded now that a settlement has been reached. Under the terms of the deal, struck in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 85,000 West German steel workers will see their wages increased by 3.5 percent pay from September 1.
Corus announced it is opening a new [...]