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China Exports Are Down – What Does it All Mean?

2023-12-18T21:24:36+00:00September 23rd, 2016|

Welp, China's exports are falling to near crisis-mode levels (at least as far as the Chinese are concerned): http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/china-economy-trade-idUSL4N0XY... From the article: "The dismal trade performance raises the risk that second-quarter economic growth may dip below 7 percent for the first time since the depths of the global financial crisis, adding to official fears of job losses [...]

Oil Creeps Up!

2023-12-18T20:44:48+00:00September 23rd, 2016|Tags: , , |

Well folks, we'€™re working through the downturn in oil prices just like everyone else seems to be in the steel foundry industry these days. Oil just settled at a 2015 high of $60.93/barrel, which is definitely positive movement but still nothing to write home about. We’ll have to see if any of the curtailments in exploration [...]

From the Desk of the Chief

2023-12-18T21:27:12+00:00September 23rd, 2016|

The inaugural blog! It'€™s been suggested to me for a while that we get a blog going so I'€™m going to be posting things here about various aspects of the company a couple times a week. If you find it informative, great! If you want to ask a specific question, feel free to shoot an email [...]