Nickel, Titanium Users `Running Off the Cliff'
Most major users of nickel alloys and stainless steel have seen sharp reductions in demand for their products as the economy has deteriorated. Few observers forecast any upturn in orders before late 2009 at the earliest.
January 2009

How Long Before Canada's Economy Joins the U.S.?
Despite the economic turbulence buffeting their neighbor to the south, Canadians involved in metals distribution, manufacturing and the substantial export trade with the United States are still hopeful their country will weather the global financial crisis without a significant downturn.
November 2008

Mexican Market: A Good Bet for Metals
July 2008, pages 28-30

Steel Futures Rollout Draws Another Look
April 2008, pages 28-31

Phil Burgert is a freelance editor and writer with more than 20 years of experience in business, technology and general journalism. He specializes in coverage of metals and other material, environmental coverage and manufacturing technology control and industrial networking topics. He has been based in Oak Park, Ill, for the past decade after spending five years as a daily trade newspaper foreign correspondent in London and Düsseldorf. He has also worked on other technology publications in New York and Chicago and has had other reporting positions in Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia. Burgert has both bachelors and masters degrees in journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

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