Steel Strip

Spotted over on my old friend Paul "The tinbashers" blog, is this a very informative link.
Hosted by the European Stainless Steel Association, it includes many links to reference material and a downloadable pdf file.
Cheers Paul
 
Link here.
 
Technorati Tags: Stainless Steel , Inox

Spotted over on my old friend Paul "The tinbashers" blog, is this a very informative link.
Hosted by the European Stainless Steel Association, it includes many links to reference material and a downloadable pdf file.
Cheers Paul
 
Link here.
 
Technorati Tags: Stainless Steel , Inox

Steel stocks dove with the broader market Thursday, but fresh inventory data paint a rosy picture going forward.
Steel inventories at the end of October were at their lowest levels in nine years, according to data released on Thursday by the Chicago-based Metal Service Center Institute. Inventories decreased 27% from the same month last year [...]

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., China’s biggest steelmaker, plans to raise prices in the first quarter to cover surging costs that had led to its first profit decline in more than a year last month.
Prices of benchmark hot-rolled products will increase by as much as 8 percent, or 300 yuan ($40), a metric ton [...]

The world’s steel industry yesterday declared its opposition to BHP Billiton’s ambitious proposal for a $150bn takeover of mining rival Rio Tinto.
The Brussels-based International Iron and Steel Institute, which represents many of the world’s steel makers, warned that an alliance of the two would create a near-monopoly. "This deal is not in the public interest [...]