Is the Steel Industry in a Boom or on a Bubble?
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Last year was a banner year for the steel industry. So why is the investment community so divided over steel's future?
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)--After jumping 9% in 2003 and 19% in 2004, iron ore prices appear likely to rise another 20% or more in 2005 as the world&#39;s biggest steelmakers
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Shares in Africa's biggest steel producer surge to a record high on the back of strong interim profits
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The gross domestic product is up, but jobs are down. Economists say yes, that is possible. MIAMI - It seems, at first blush, to be a baffling contradiction.
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The steelmaker isn't having a blast, but it is buttressed against adversity.
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Construction boom, eh? We'll be needing more rail lines to move all those materials aboot.
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The nation's economic slowdown may finally be coming to an end, with both the service and manufacturing sectors showing surprising strength in June even as prices for raw materials rise.
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Those of you who have been through a few of the steel industry&#39;s cycles may remember the fear corporate raider Carl Icahn struck in the hearts of the United Steelworkers
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Don't drown in the changing economic tides.
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Dude, where&#39;s my boom? That&#39;s a question a lot of Hous- tonians are asking as oil crowds the $50-a-barrel mark. Where&#39;s the frenetic hiring as oil companies staff up for the good times?
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India's Tata Steel sees its quarterly profits rise 41% as the construction boom in India fuels demand for its products.
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The signs of labor unrest seen over the weekend may be a harbinger of things to come in an industry already buffeted by bankruptcies and structural change.
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Europe's two biggest steelmakers, ArcelorMittal SA and ThyssenKrupp AG, were upbeat about weathering any global downturn this year, saying Wednesday they expected strong steel demand and higher prices to cover soaring costs.
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The question is whether the market can continue rising as investors learn that the financial innovations that helped to build the boom were constructed on sand.
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Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus has reported a profit for the first time since it was formed in 1999. Surging steel prices have helped the company lift earnings, and it has cut jobs and sold a number of businesses.
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Data to be released this week are expected to confirm that the eurozone's economic recovery is fueled by strong export demand, not consumption or investment, and that Britain's industrial sector is gaining steam, analysts said.
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Is the recent fall in oil prices a turning point or merely a lull before demand picks up in the winter months?