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			<title>Ryerson posts $7.8M loss in 3d qtr.</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 18:16:21</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Metals distributor and processor Ryerson Inc. posted a net loss of $7.8 million during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, more than triple a year-earlier net loss of $2.5 million but narrower than a second-quarter net loss of $130 million.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Metals distributor, processor Ryerson posts $7.8M loss in 3d qtr.</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 18:08:14</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Metals distributor and processor Ryerson Inc. posted a net loss of $7.8 million during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, more than triple a year-earlier net loss of $2.5 million but narrower than a second-quarter net loss of $130 million.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Base metal tags hold despite job woes</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:46:41</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Copper futures held firm Friday despite a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. unemployment figures.]]></description>
			<author>Tatyana Shumsky</author>
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			<title>OCTG imports to fall as US duties imposed</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:44:45</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to issue preliminary anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China could have a significant impact on the import market, sources said, though it might still be some time before domestic producers can think about ramping up output.]]></description>
			<author>Maria Guzzo</author>
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			<title>OCTG imports set to fall as US duties imposed</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:43:40</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to issue preliminary anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China could have a significant impact on the import market, sources said, though it might still be some time before domestic producers can think about ramping up output.]]></description>
			<author>Maria Guzzo</author>
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			<title>Base metal prices hold despite job woes</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:34:00</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Copper futures held firm Friday despite a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. unemployment figures.]]></description>
			<author>Tatyana Shumsky</author>
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			<title>CMC files lawsuit vs. Turkey’s Icdas</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:14:28</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Metals Co.’s trading arm is suing a Turkish steel producer for alleged breach of contract over wire rod it purchased and sold to Leggett &amp; Platt Wire Group that it said didn’t meet required specifications.]]></description>
			<author>Lisa Gordon</author>
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			<title>Noranda set to move to full output at bauxite operation</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:11:27</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. said Friday its Jamaican bauxite operation will be producing at full capacity at the end of the year, despite reiterating as recently as last month that output would be no more than 75 to 80 percent of capacity through 2009.]]></description>
			<author>Anne Riley</author>
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			<title>AK Steel hiring across several plants</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:07:02</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[AK Steel Corp. is hiring at several of its plants as a result of an uptick in business and retirements of workers.]]></description>
			<author>Maria Guzzo</author>
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			<title>Horsehead slips $3.6M into red in 3d qtr.</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:06:15</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Zinc recycler Horsehead Holding Corp. posted a $3.6-million net loss in the third quarter as sales sagged 44.8 percent to $60.3 million.]]></description>
			<author>Lisa Gordon</author>
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			<title>Globe asset sale could squeeze silicon</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 17:05:13</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Globe Speciality Metals Inc.’s deal to sell interests in two silicon metal plants to Dow Corning Corp. could tighten the spot market on both sides of the Atlantic, sources said.]]></description>
			<author>Tom Jennemann</author>
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			<title>Zinc recycler Horsehead slips $3.6M into red in 3d qtr.</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:57:59</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Zinc recycler Horsehead Holding Corp. posted a $3.6-million net loss in the third quarter as sales sagged 44.8 percent to $60.3 million.]]></description>
			<author>Lisa Gordon</author>
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			<title>Business uptick, replacement needs drive AK Steel to hire new workers</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:54:33</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[AK Steel Corp. is hiring at several of its plants as a result of an uptick in business and retirements of workers.]]></description>
			<author>Maria Guzzo</author>
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			<title>Globe asset sale agreement could put squeeze on silicon metal market</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:54:08</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Globe Speciality Metals Inc.’s deal to sell interests in two silicon metal plants to Dow Corning Corp. could tighten the spot market on both sides of the Atlantic, sources said.]]></description>
			<author>Tom Jennemann</author>
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			<title>Noranda set to move to full output at Jamaican bauxite operation</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:43:51</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. said Friday its Jamaican bauxite operation will be producing at full capacity at the end of the year, despite reiterating as recently as last month that output would be no more than 75 to 80 percent of capacity through 2009.]]></description>
			<author>Anne Riley</author>
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			<title>CMC claims breach of contract in lawsuit vs. Turkey's Icdas over wire rod sales</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:34:43</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Metals Co.’s trading arm is suing a Turkish steel producer for alleged breach of contract over wire rod it purchased and sold to Leggett &amp; Platt Wire Group that it said didn’t meet required specifications.]]></description>
			<author>Lisa Gordon</author>
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			<title>Keystone’s net sinks 75.5% in 3d qtr. as shipments ease</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:26:20</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Citing lower shipment volumes and higher production costs, Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc. posted net income of $5.9 million during the third quarter, down 75.5 percent from nearly $24 million in the same quarter last year, on net sales that slid 45.2 percent to $100.4 million.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Former GM aluminum trader pleads guilty on two counts</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:22:14</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Former General Motors Corp. aluminum trader Daniel Bealko has pled guilty to a kickback scheme involving bulk aluminum sales that cost the automaker more than $80 million.]]></description>
			<author>Anne Riley</author>
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			<title>Melting Pot</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:19:47</pubDate>
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			<title>No sign of restart at Windalco</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:15:09</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[West Indies Alumina Co. (Windalco) is unlikely to restart alumina output for another two years as it extended talks to have redundancy packages given to members, Vincent Morrison, president of Jamaica’s National Workers Union, said. ]]></description>
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			<title>Keystone net sinks 75.5% in 3d qtr. as shipments ease, costs rise</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:12:03</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Citing lower shipment volumes and higher production costs, Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc. posted net income of $5.9 million during the third quarter, down 75.5 percent from nearly $24 million in the same quarter last year, on net sales that slid 45.2 percent to $100.4 million.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Fortune picks Saskatchewan site</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:11:46</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Fortune Minerals Ltd. has selected a site near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to build a new hydrometallurgical processing plant that will process some 80,000 tonnes of concentrate annually. ]]></description>
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			<title>DNSC nets $1.7M in Oct. sales</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:10:48</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Defense National Stockpile Center collected about $1.7 million in October from the sale of ferrochrome, chromium and beryllium under its basic ordering agreement program. ]]></description>
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			<title>Alcoa awarded $13M in stimulus funds</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:09:56</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc. has been awarded $13 million in federal stimulus money to upgrade equipment at its Tapoco Cheoah hydroelectric power plant near Robbinsville, N.C. ]]></description>
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			<title>Gross tapped to succeed Cohen at Kelly Pipe helm</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:04:18</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Leonard Gross has been named the new chief executive officer of Kelly Pipe Co. LLC, succeeding Earle Cohen, one of the longest-serving pipe distribution executives in the country.]]></description>
			<author>Frank Haflich</author>
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			<title>Court OKs Accuride’s DIP funding</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:02:55</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Bankrupt Accuride Corp. has received final approval on $50 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing.]]></description>
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			<title>Plate distributor Eddie Kane opens two new sites</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 16:00:51</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Eddie Kane Steel Products Inc. has opened new service centers in Gary, Ind., and Commerce, Calif. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dietrich Canada sold to Bailey Metal Products</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:59:10</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Worthington Industries Inc.’s metal framing business has formed a strategic alliance with Bailey Metal Products Ltd. that includes the sale of its Dietrich Canada subsidiary to Bailey.]]></description>
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			<title>Former GM aluminum trader pleads guilty on two counts</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:56:14</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Former General Motors Corp. aluminum trader Daniel Bealko has pled guilty to a kickback scheme involving bulk aluminum sales that cost the automaker more than $80 million.]]></description>
			<author>Anne Riley</author>
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			<title>Bankruptcy court signs off on Lear reorganization plan</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:56:08</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Lear Corp. has been cleared to emerge from bankruptcy protection after only four months. ]]></description>
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			<title>Jobless rate soars to 10.2% in October</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:48:20</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October from 9.8 percent in September, its highest level since April 1983, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Nucor loses fight as ITC says no to China, Taiwan fastener probe</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:46:49</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nucor Fastener expressed disappointment Friday over a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decision to drop an investigation into imports of fasteners from China and Taiwan.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Wholesale trade of metals inches 0.6% higher in Sept.</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:46:11</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Sales of metal wholesale goods remained relatively flat month on month in September, but were down sharply from the same month last year.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Aluminum premiums hit 3-year high in tight mart</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:44:55</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A tightening of the North American aluminum spot market has sent premiums to a more than three-year high.]]></description>
			<author>Anne Riley</author>
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			<title>Nucor loses fight as ITC says no to China, Taiwan fastener probe</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:36:05</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nucor Fastener expressed disappointment Friday over a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decision to drop an investigation into imports of fasteners from China and Taiwan.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Jobless rate soars to 10.2% in October</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:26:15</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October from 9.8 percent in September, its highest level since April 1983, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported.]]></description>
			<author>Corinna Petry</author>
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			<title>Metal wholesale trade inches up in Sept.</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 15:14:57</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Sales of metal wholesale goods remained relatively flat month on month in September, but were down sharply from the same month last year.]]></description>
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			<title>US aluminum premiums jump to 3-year high in tightening market</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:53:08</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A tightening of the North American aluminum spot market has sent premiums to a more than three-year high.]]></description>
			<author>Anne Riley</author>
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			<title>Globe asset sale could squeeze silicon spot market</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:41:36</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Globe Speciality Metals Inc.’s deal to sell interests in two silicon metal plants to Dow Corning Corp. could tighten the spot market on both sides of the Atlantic, sources said. ]]></description>
			<author>Tom Jennemann</author>
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			<title>Wise’s Bobby David gears up to venture out on own</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:19:23</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Bobby David, who helped reposition a family-owned scrap and brokerage business into a major producer of aluminum can sheet, is retiring from Wise Metals Group LLC at age 66.]]></description>
			<author>Paul Schaffer</author>
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			<title>Dry dock scrapping OK miffs SoRec</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:18:47</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Vallejo (Calif.) Planning Commission has approved a request for a dry dock ship repair and dismantling operation to be set up at a former naval base, but a major recycler is perplexed and alleges it was excluded from the bidding process.]]></description>
			<author>Lisa Gordon</author>
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			<title>Consolidated Thompson logs loss, mine nears start</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:18:09</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Ltd. sank into the red during the third quarter, posting a net loss of Canadian $22.6 million ($21.1 million) vs. net income of C$1.3 million in the same period last year.]]></description>
			<author>Lisa Gordon</author>
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			<title>Universal sees slow business uptick, brighter 2d-half 2010</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:17:30</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Universal Stainless &amp; Alloy Products Inc. is seeing business pick up, albeit slowly, as signs continue to develop that the U.S. economy is emerging from a year-long downturn.]]></description>
			<author>Maria Guzzo</author>
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			<title>Wise Metals’ Bobby David set to retire</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:08:15</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Bobby David, who helped reposition a family-owned scrap and brokerage business into a major producer of aluminum can sheet, is retiring from Wise Metals Group LLC at age 66.]]></description>
			<author>Paul Schaffer</author>
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			<title>Gross tapped to succeed Cohen at Kelly Pipe's helm</title>
			<pubDate>11/6/2009 14:07:12</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Leonard Gross has been named the new chief executive officer of Kelly Pipe Co. LLC, succeeding Earle Cohen, one of the longest-serving pipe distribution executives in the country.]]></description>
			<author>Frank Haflich</author>
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