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ECONOMY Wed Jul 30, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service on Wednesday announced it has opened an investigation into the pricing practices of two more mining companies as politicians struggle to keep a lid on soaring steel costs. Just days after Prime Ministe.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Jul 2, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A new state law allows the northeast Mississippi city of Amory to issue $5 million in bonds to help a company develop a steel rebar minimill. Gov. Haley Barbour signed the bill into law Wednesday. Legislators passed it last week... Read More

ECONOMY Sun May 11, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The air tastes like pennies at this gritty port at the southern tip of Texas, where ships' final voyages end and steel is reborn. Recycling here is big business, on a scale that counts in thousands of tons, not pounds. It's whe.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- CINCINNATI (AP) -- AK Steel Holding Corp. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profits beat Wall Street estimates, rising 60 percent from a year ago when the integrated steelmaker was in the final three months of a yearlong lockout at its main plant. The.. Read More

ECONOMY Sat Apr 12, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Forget what the history books told you; the Iron Age never ended. More than 3,000 years after its first appearance in the Near East, iron -- the main ingredient in steel -- is the vital component in a wide variety of modern-day goods: automobiles, trains.. Read More