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    • ***THE STOCKHOLM SELECTION: The Manifesto
      Steelmaking is big business. Last year the World Steel Association (worldsteel) recorded total crude steel output at 1.2 billion tonnes. This was down slightly from 1.3 billion tonnes in 2008. That makes the steel sector one of the largest in the world in terms of tonnage. In value terms, that production makes it a leader as well. Steel is a leading contributor to world GDP. It is an ingredient in almost every part of the modern built environment. And it is usually one of the key materials used in the development of an emerging economy. Unfortunately, making steel hasn’t always been a very profitable affair.
      July 19, 2010
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    • ***SPOTLIGHT: Bust up over Beijing — US steel sector falls out over Anshan-SDC jv
      Anshan Steel's investment in Steel Development Co (SDC) will not be the first time a Chinese steel company has taken a stake in a US steelmaker. The share it buys will not even be the largest.
      July 12, 2010
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    • ***SPOTLIGHT: Goldman goes for the gullet with latest iron ore projections
      Goldman Sachs’ latest comments on the steel industry and its raw materials pricing will make headlines. The bank’s analysts believe that the iron ore market could revert to annual benchmark pricing within the next few years if quarterly mechanisms are abandoned. “It would not be surprising to find the industry revert to the old annual contract system within a few years, though an attempt to move to a pure spot market first is possible,” Goldman said in the report. .
      July 9, 2010
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    • ***THE STOCKHOLM SELECTION: Join the discussion
      Want to know more about the Stockholm Selection? Join the conversation here.
      July 7, 2010
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    • ***NOTES FROM MOSCOW: The next Russian revolution — make with love, not more
      There are more Bentleys on the streets of Moscow than ever. Private wealth in Russia is big news. The country’s billionaires aren’t just business leaders, they are the custodians of some of the former Soviet Republic’s most important assets.
      July 5, 2010
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    • Mission: Accomplished?
      The power struggle for Ukrainian steelmaker Ilyich iron & Steel looks like it’s been decided.
      July 5, 2010
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    • ***COMMENT: Stockholm syndrome
      The combination between Metinvest and Ilyich Iron & Steel is compelling. Metinvest brings its raw materials assets to the deal, and plans to invest a cool $2 billion in modernising and improving Ilyich’s facilities
      July 5, 2010
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    • ***HOTLINE: Tata Kirby
      Shrill statements and some celebration dribbled into the UK press last week at the news that Tata Steel Europe ceo Kirby Adams was to step down later this year. Most of it was hot air
      July 2, 2010
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    • ***HOTLINE: Throwing stones
      The result of the European Commission’s investigation into an 18-year long cartel in the prestressed steel sector couldn’t really have come at a worse time for the mills involved.
      July 2, 2010
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    • ***NOTES FROM NEW YORK: New normal – introducing the Stockholm Selection
      New York City was the place to be last week. The world’s largest steel conference kicked off at the Sheraton Hotel just a few blocks south of Central Park and, as usual, there were movers and shakers aplenty.
      June 28, 2010
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    Chinese importers could be able to buy United States’ copper and aluminium scrap without the current 25% tariffs from July, China’s Ministry of Finance Customs Department said in a notice on Tuesday February 18.

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