Content tagged with "steel-prices"
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February 26, 2008
Economy edges out other concerns
Metal manufacturers greatest concerns-2008 for the past four years, the fabricating update e-newsletter has surveyed its subscribers—metalworking professionals—about their main business concerns. for three years, steel prices ranked no. 1. in the 2008 survey, we added a... Read more...
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February 12, 2007
Steel prices remain top concern in 2007
In January 2007 steel prices remained metal manufacturing's No. 1 concern, according to a "Fabricating Update" survey that asked subscribers to choose their companies' main concern from a list of factors affecting metal manufacturing. The skilled labor shortage and health care costs were No. 2... Read more...
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January 9, 2007
Metals upsets, offsets, and onsets in 2007
Figure 1 U.S. hot-rolled band prices hovered around $600 per tonne in the first quarter of 2006, rising to nearly $700 per tonne midyear, then dropping as low as $622 per tonne. Prices are predicted to continue lowering in first-quarter 2007, then resume fourth-quarter 2006 prices in the... Read more...
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August 8, 2006
Opening the gate to efficiency
Dotting the rolling landscape on U.S. 127 in Kentucky, just south of Danville, are a half-dozen small gate manufacturers. As is typical in many rural areas throughout the nation, most of these shops are small operations where people have learned how to use their skills to contribute to... Read more...
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May 10, 2005
Metal manufacturing's greatest concerns
Figure 1 March 2005 "Fabricating Update" Survey Results In a recent "Fabricating Update" newsletter, we asked subscribers to choose their operations' leading concerns from factors often cited as contributing to manufacturing's woes. Steel prices—the No. 1... Read more...
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May 4, 2004
10 burning questions you asked about the steel price meltdown
My dad is fond of saying that when he was in the Army, he was trained not to question orders. "Mine was not to reason why," he'd say. "When my sergeant said 'jump,' I asked 'How high and how far?'" Today metal fabricators trying to ride out the storm are asking not only "How high and how... Read more...
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