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stainless steel
stainless steel Group of iron alloys that resist corrosion. Besides carbon, found in all steels, stainless steels contain from 12% to 25% chromium. This makes the steel stainless by forming a thin, protective oxide coating on the surface. Most also contain nickel. Other metals and non-metals may be... Read more |
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steel industry
steel industry the business of processing iron ore into steel, which in its simplest form is an iron-carbon alloy, and in some cases, turning that metal into partially finished products or recycling scrap metal into steel. The steel industry grew out of the need for stronger and more easily... Read more |
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Claude Mason Steele
Claude Mason Steele 1946– At a Glance Read more |
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Roanoke Electric Steel Corp
Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation 102 Westside Boulevard, N.W.Roanoke, Virginia 24017U.S.A.Telephone: (540) 342-1831Toll Free: (800) 765-6567Fax: (540) 342-9437Web site: http://www.roanokesteel.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1955Employees: 1,811Sales: $372.7 million (2000)Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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United States Steel Corp
United States Steel Corporation 600 Grant Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 U.S.A. Telephone: (412) 433-1121 Toll Free: (866) 433-4801 Fax: (412) 433-5733 Web site: http://www.ussteel.com Public Company Incorporated: 1901 as United States Steel CorporationEmployees: 37,161... Read more |
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trapping
trapping most broadly, the use of mechanical or deceptive devices to capture, kill, or injure animals. It may be applied to the practice of using birdlime to capture birds, lobster pots to trap lobsters, and seines to catch fish. Usually, however, trapping means the capture of land animals larger... Read more |
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Homestead strike
Homestead strike in U.S. history, a bitterly fought labor dispute. On June 29, 1892, workers belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, Pa. to protest a proposed wage cut. Henry C. Frick , the company's general manager,... Read more |
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Elbert Henry Gary
Elbert Henry Gary Elbert Henry Gary (1846-1927), American lawyer and industrialist, was responsible for organizing the U.S. Steel Corporation in 1901 and continued as its most influential figure until his death. Elbert H. Gary was born on Oct. 8, 1846, near Wheaton, Ill. He became a lawyer... Read more |
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Birmingham Steel Corp
Birmingham Steel Corporation 1000 Urban Center Drive, Suite 300Birmingham, Alabama 35242-2516U.S.A.Telephone: (205) 970-1200Toll Free: (800) 888-9290Fax: (205) 970-1353Web site: http://www.birminghamsteel.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1983Employees: 2,100Sales: $932.55 million (2000)Stock... Read more |
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USX Corp
USX Corporation 600 Grant StreetPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219U.S.A.(412) 433-1121Fax: (412) 433-6847 Public Company Incorporated: 1901 as United States Steel CorporationEmployees: 46,000Sales: $17.84 billionStock Exchanges: New York Midwest Pacific MontrealSICs: 1311 Crude Petroleum &... Read more |
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BUSH'S STEEL TRAP
...BIND President Bush finds himself in over the steel tariffs he imposed...percent on imported steel to win support...billion-dollar trade war that no one...purported roots as a free-trader and rescind...likely done more harm ... |
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Leading Article: Protection -it's just a question of survival.(Comment)
...in President Bush's swing states...introducing the steel tariffs in...celebrations in steel producing states they did more harm than good...had cost US steel users pounds...the poverty trap extends to...sense. The ... |