Archive for July 16th, 2008
Steel companies and coal mining.
I came across the following article from Tim Huber at associated press, at signOnSanDiego.com. Anyone who has followed this blog for a length of time will know my views on the speed at which the western economies abandoned coal mines in favour of cheap imports. It’s ironic that the industry that abandoned domestic resources should [...]
Posted: July 16th, 2008 under Manufacturing News, Steel Comment, Steel International, Steel News.
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Nippon Steel Raises Plate Price to Offset Costs
Nippon Steel Corp., the world’s second-biggest maker of the metal, raised prices of plate used by shipbuilders and machinery makers for the third time this year to pass along surging costs for energy, ore and other materials.
Steel plate sold through wholesalers on an immediate- delivery basis will increase 10,000 yen ($95) a metric [...]
Posted: July 16th, 2008 under Steel, Steel Prices.
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