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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - A piece of cardboard propped on a bench outside the union hall with “It’s Over” hastily scrawled across it seemed to say it all. AK Steel workers were going back to work.
A nearly 13-month-old lockout ended Wednesday as union workers at AK Steel Holding Corp.’s Middletown Works plant overwhelmingly approved a contract [...]

Just a couple of days after confirmation that any take-over of Algoma by Salzgitter is “off” , the company are deying rumours of a bid for Boehler-Udderholm 
Link to Salzgitter denies it is in talks to buy Boehler-Uddeholm - Forbes.com

I had an email in from these people. Now if I understand the idea correctly, it seems to be a portal to find live truck routes, presumably to facilitate the arrangement of material deliveries and link truckers and potential goods shippers.
I assume that, but as you need to register (and pay?) to test out the [...]

I have written in the past about my hopes for a renewal in the fortunes of the coal industry. it’s perhaps not that surprising considering I was raised in a region who’s economy was based on coal and steel.
I found an interesting article headed “The future of coal” published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) regarding [...]

 
SteelBenchmarker™ reported an overall jump in hot band prices for the last fortnightThe four benchmark prices for hot rolled band included in the March 12th report are1. USUSD 611 per metric ton FOB the mill Up by USD 14 per ton from USD 597 two weeks ago Down USD 87 per ton from the peak [...]