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  Recent economic reports from Germany and China have done little the calm investor jitters, either. Eurostat reported last week that German GDP in the second quarter declined 0.1% as compared to the preceding quarter. Manufacturing data from Germany have been even more troubling, with German industrial production reportedly down 6.2% year-on-year and off 1.8%...

The recent softness in steel prices comes amid weakening output in key U.S. metals-related sectors including primary metals, fabricated metal products, and machinery: As for U.S. crude steel production, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported last week that for the week ending on August 10, 2019, domestic raw steel production was up 0.3% week-on-week...

The scrap recycling industry is an economic powerhouse that ReMA and its members put on display for more than 2,300 state policymakers in Nashville during the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit in early August. In what is becoming a favorite reoccurring component of the legislators’ annual convention, ISRI’s members came together to...

Your ears and how they hear sounds are an integral part of what makes you act and react to your surroundings. When it comes to educating and training your workforce on safe work practices it is important that they clearly hear and understand what it is that you are communicating to them. The importance of...

Steel production in the United States is up 5 percent so far this year according to estimates from the American Iron and Steel Institute. AISI estimates that for the year-to-date through July 20th, U.S. raw steel production rose to 54.2 million net tons, up from 51.6 million net tons during the corresponding period last year,...