LETTER FROM AMERICA - STEEL MARKET NEWS

A monthly review of the U.S. industry from Corey Steel

An invitation to dialogue
Commentary; 22-Apr-08

Steel Market Conditions - An update
Commentary; 31-Mar-08

NAFTA - This season's political football?
Commentary; 22-Feb-08

The economic recovery plan - an excuse for inaction
Commentary; 25-Jan-08

A bit of holiday cheer
Commentary; 20-Dec-07

A common sense approach
Commentary; 26-Nov-07

Free trade theory in today's world - Confronting Reality
Commentary; 22-Oct-07

College Student Loans - Another black eye for private enterprise
Commentary; 26-Sep-07

China - The 21st Century Economic Hegemon
Commentary; 23-Aug-07

Recent issues - an update
Commentary; 19-Jul-07

Indirect Steel Imports - The Hidden Millstone
Commentary; 22-Jun-07

Trade talks today - the Perils of Pauline?
Commentary; 25-May-07

International trade - Some new thinking
Commentary; 25-Apr-07

Subprime lending - What have we mortgaged?
Commentary; 21-Mar-07

Free trade policies are not working for the US
Commentary; 22-Feb-07

Assumptions
Commentary; 23-Jan-07

'Oink Oink' - Hogs at the Trough
Commentary; 19-Dec-06

Man from Mars
Commentary; 30-Nov-06

Price Data - Trick or Treat?
Commentary; 20-Oct-06

Is there a Ford in our Future?
Commentary; 26-Sep-06

Trade Talks Collapse - Here we go - but where?
Commentary; 25-Aug-06

Trade Talks Collapse - Where do we go from here?
Commentary; 27-Jul-06

Inflation - Where is it going? Does it Exist ?
Commentary; 22-Jun-06

What do they take us for?
Commentary; 24-May-06

Tax Day - Did you Enjoy?
Commentary; 27-Apr-06

Eat, Drink and be Merry - For Tomorrow
Commentary; 22-Mar-06

Precariously Balanced thus Delicate Choices
Commentary; 22-Feb-06

Notable News Events
Commentary; 19-Jan-06

Oil Today - A series of actions and events
Commentary; 16-Dec-05

Causes and Effects - This year's chickens come home to roost
Commentary; 22-Nov-05

Reviewing the Past
Commentary; 20-Oct-05

September 2005 - A sad month
Commentary; 26-Sep-05

Interesting Times
Commentary; 22-Aug-05

Baseball and beer
Commentary; 26-Jul-05

When will Demand Pick Up?
Commentary; 27-Jun-05

Are Costs Moderating?
Commentary; 16-May-05

Energy Appetites - More Customers in Line
Commentary; 26-Apr-05

International Trade - Economics and Politics
Commentary; 04-Apr-05

State Subsidies - Inconsistent with Free Enterprise?
Commentary; 22-Mar-05

Predictions or Paradoxes?
Commentary; 22-Feb-05

Predictions and Projections
Commentary; 20-Jan-05

Taking stock
Commentary; 14-Dec-04

Consolidation - the irresistable force?
Commentary; 17-Nov-04

A picture is taking shape
Commentary; 18-Oct-04 An enigma at best
Commentary; 29-Sep-04

Uncertainty - for sure
Commentary; 26-Aug-04

History - our best teacher
Commentary; 20-Aug-04

A return to normalcy?
Commentary; 26-Jul-04

Mixed messages
Commentary; 25-Jun-04

Conditions remain turbulent
Commentary; 20-May-04

The turmoil has not subsided
Commentary; 30-Apr-04

Latest on market conditions
Commentary; 22-Mar-04

Steel market conditions
Commentary; 26-Feb-04

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Corey Steel Company has always been an industry leader and an innovator in the business of cold finishing steel bars. Corey has been in the metals manufacturing business for eighty years and cold finishing steel bars for over fifty. Having just completed one of the most comprehensive technical upgrades in the history of cold finishing Corey's bar capabilities now include: cold drawing, turning, centerless grinding, chamfering, magnetic surface testing, burnishing, polishing, saw-cutting, straightening, and ultrasonic testing. With expanded facilities and additional equipment, the Company has over 500,000 square feet of warehouse space devoted to meeting the demands of the 21st century.

The 'Letter from America' is a regular U.S. news report focusing on the North American steel manufacturing industry: on the steel market, on steel production, consumption and trade perspectives; on U.S. steel prices and steelmaking raw material and industry input costs (iron ore, pig iron, ferrous scrap, natural gas) and transport costs, on international business management issues such as industrial policy and on the global competitiveness of the US metal manufacturing sector. The report is written each month by US-based Corey Steel.