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Stainless output up by 4.4%
The December 2003 edition of Stainless Steel Review estimates global stainless steel output in 2003 at 20.2 million tonnes, up 4.4% on the year earlier figure.
Steel tariffs scrapped
The White House has lifted controversial tariffs on imported steel 21 months into their projected three-year life span.
Chinese growth in stainless production
Rapidly growing demand for stainless steel in China has been providing mills in Asia and elsewhere with a market for a sizeable portion of their output.
WTO speeds ruling on steel
The World Trade Organization (WTO) will adopt a ruling against US steel tariffs on 1 December.
Stainless threat from high nickel costs
Far from declining since Inco resumed production after a lengthy strike at its Sudbury operation in Canada, the price of nickel has gone from strength to strength.
US specialty steel lose market share
Already struggling with a flat economy and weak demand, US specialty steel producers lost additional domestic market share to imports in the first eight months of this year compared to same 2002 period.