A
treacherous year for steel buyers
If you are a steel buyer, 2008 has so far been a treacherous year. Consider
the following: since late December 2007 through early June 2008, the
price of hot-rolled
coil (HRC) in the US market is up 88%, nearly $500/short ton from $565/st
to nearly $1,060/st. Read
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USW and Unite merge to form global trade union
The US-based United Steelworkers and the UK's Unite trade union July 2 signed an agreement in Las Vegas to create a merged union named Workers Uniting, which claims to be the world's first global union, said a joint statement issued July 2.
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USW and Unite merge to form global trade union
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