Archive for June 20th, 2005
An appeal to our North American cousins!
Firstly I would like to thank Michael for giving our site at Steelstrip Resources an honourable mention at his recent posting across at Stamping out a living.
He does raise a point that I am very conscious of, in that whilst I hope that we cover most of the industry quite comprehensively, there is limited information [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2005 under Steel.
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More thoughts on steel pricing
I have been thinking more about the MEPS report on falling steel prices, which I reported here last Thursday.
It may or may not be generally known, but the large “tier one” automotive manufacturers and a few other big steel users manage to avoid the wildest fluctuations in steel prices by having them “fixed” for anything [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2005 under Steel.
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New Steel Blog
I am happy to see that another Steel Blog has been started by Andrew Kotas from Steel on the Net.
His first posting addresses an issue with accessing steelonthenet from China. I wonder how wide the restrictions imposed on internet access are. It is surprising that a site such as this should be blocked as it [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2005 under Steel.
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