Archive for November 14th, 2005
Google fighting Spam Blogs
Whilst posting today, about hardened and tempered steel strip (and ending up moaning on about flash sites et al) I noticed that something called word verification had appeared at the bottom of my blogger post!
It’s a character verification check which is presumably to stop automated, scripted spam blogs (splogs). It adds only a second or [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2005 under Steel.
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Hardened and Tempered Steel Strip
Recently I have had a number of requests for suppliers of Hardened and Tempered cold rolled steel strip. To make the location of these suppliers easier we have added a page to Steelstrip Resources listing known suppliers here. If you are a producer that is not listed please contact us via the Steelstrip Site or [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2005 under Steel.
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Corus to increase steel strip prices
Steel group Corus has hit certain UK customers with more price rises as it passed on the impact of continued cost increases during 2005. The company’s strip products division, which accounts for some 40% of sales worldwide, will increase prices in the UK on a range of products, including hot-rolled strip steels and hot-dipped galvanised [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2005 under Steel.
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