Görkem Bolaca of LN Metals talks with SteelOrbis Istanbul about how market conditions are affecting his company, and why he believes 2011 will be a stronger year for steel demand than 2010. More…
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Banking on the future Reply
South America’s top steelmakers strategize for success. The South American steel industry is at a turning point. After surviving the worldwide economic downturn relatively unscathed, it has proven itself not only strong on the domestic front, but a growing powerhouse on the global stage.
One size does not fit all Reply
SteelOrbis Istanbul discusses how the CME Group offers unique, “made for steel” derivative options with Harriet Hunnable, CME’s Managing Director, Global Head of Metals. More…
Time to break out the bubbly? Reply
ecent events must have reinforced your doomsday scenario, Mr. Gloom. First we had (and still have) turmoil in the Middle East, which caused crude oil prices to skyrocket yet again and slowly approach 2008 levels. The massive earthquake/tsunami in Japan has put the world’s third largest economy on ice for the time being. More…
Globalization Reply
Globalization: it’s a trend that’s celebrated and despised, welcomed and protested, anticipated and ignored. But despite the wide range of opinions on the subject, most can agree that globalization is very much a new world order, a further step in the evolution of human civilization. More…
Scope and circumvention cases: The new battlefield in trade Reply
As of mid-March, the last antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petition involving steel products had been filed more than 14 months prior—on December 31, 2009. It involved drill pipe from China and resulted in AD and CVD orders which were issued at the beginning of March 2011. More…
Thinking outside the box Reply
For those attending steel industry events this spring, new approaches in the “new normal” were the most frequent topics of discussion. More…
