June 2002
The world has too much steelmaking capacity, but tariffs are not the answer.
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December 2001
The country’s steelmakers are too fragmented and unproductive to serve the real needs of the world’s largest domestic market. Tariffs imposed by the United States on imports of steel from China will only increase competition at home and sharpen the need for reform.
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November 1999
Production is growing at more than twice the rate of consumption. Cost cutting may be a part of the solution, but it is also a part of the problem. What comes next?
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May 1996
Performance, not overcapacity, has been the real cause of industry problem. Full costs for mini-sheet hot band? $275 per net ton. Look for another wave of restructuring.
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February 1994
The secret to marketing commodities is keeping costs in line—and carefully managing the mix of products and customers.
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May 1993
An overview of the long-deferred challenges now facing the Japanese steel industry.
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