Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of May total 3,950,000 net ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, finished steel
The U.S. economy took a beating from an especially harsh winter during the January-March quarter, skidding into reverse for the first time in three years. But spring has arrived and along with it, signs that the chill was just a temporary ...
U.S. factory output slid last month after two months of strong growth. Manufacturers produced less furniture, machinery, and plastics. The Federal Reserve says that factory production in April dropped 0.4 percent from the previous month ...
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Based on the US Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of April total ...
The Alliance for American Manufacturing is organizing a rally Monday at US Steel’s Lorain, Ohio tubular plant as part of a national effort to convince the US Commerce Department (DOC) to impose duties on dumped steel imports, ...
Tags: Anti-Import-Dumping, US Steel
The U.S. economy slowed drastically in the first three months of the year as a harsh winter exacted a toll on business activity. The slowdown, while worse than expected, is likely to be temporary as growth rebounds with warmer weather. ...
Tags: economy, U.S.Economy
U.S. factory output rose further last month, extending strong growth from February after harsh weather had caused production to tumble in January. Manufacturers produced more furniture, clothing, chemicals and aerospace products. The ...
Tags: U.S.Factory, Solid Gains
Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of March total 3,485,000 ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Commercial Metals Company announced last week financial results for its second quarter ended February 28, 2014. Net earnings attributable to CMC for the second quarter were $11.1 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.6 ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6 percent annual rate in the October-December quarter, slightly more than previously estimated, as consumer spending rose at the fastest pace in three years. The fourth-quarter growth rate was a bit stronger ...
Tags: U.S.economy, BMO Capital Markets
While many media outlets are headlining the top-line numbers in today's FDA report that show that the number of medical device recalls have nearly doubled in the last 10 years, a look underneath the surface reveals that the rate of recalls ...
The US government announced Friday it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community." The move "marks the final phase of the ...
Tags: Internet, domain name system, Computer
Wholesale inventories rose 0.6% in January but sales declined, the Commerce Department reported March 11. Sales declined 1.9% in January, the largest drop since March 2009 when the economy was in recession. The rise in inventories ...
Based on the US Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of February total ...
Tags: Steel Import, Mineral
This Editorial appears in the March 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Signs are increasing that the nation's economic health is steadily improving. It's not a barnburner, and there is still some ...
Tags: Transportation, Truck