Stainless Steel Technical Information for Engineers / Stainless Steel Literature and Associations Noteworthy Chlorine (like that in salt) can eat thru and destroy the thin protective layer of passivation that protects stainless steel from corrosion. If chlorine gets on your stainless, clean it with fresh water immediately. Chlorine is to stainless, like cancer is to […]
How To Stop Thread Galling On Stainless Fasteners By fastener expert Joe Greenslade: www.greensladeandcompany.com A few times each year we receive calls from fastener suppliers who are in conflict with their customer over the quality of stainless steel bolts and nuts. The customer’s complaint is that during installation the bolts are twisting off and/or the […]
Thursday, October 31 Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Briefing (8:00 AM CST is 1PM in London) Dow Jones reports three month nickel closed Wednesday’s trading session at $6.62/lb . Indicators at 6:50 am CST today show 3 month nickel trading around $.05/lb lower, with other London traded base metals trading lower as well. Stockpiles of nickel stored […]
Tuesday, May 31 Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Wrap-up Baltic Dry Index – plus 6 to 1,480. (chart) Dollar graph in lower right corner of this page – (chart of dollar index) (live java chart) Headlines & leaders – (Bloomberg) China Raises Power Prices for Business, Farmers as Summer Shortage Looms // China Stocks Rise for […]
Weekend edition, Xstrata negotiation watch (Sunday) Sudbury Xstrata / First Nickel Negotiations Mine Mill Local 598 Sudbury Star Strike looms at Xstrata Nickel’s Greater Sudbury operations – A strike at Xstrata Nickel’s Greater Sudbury’s operations seems to be a certainty as the midnight Sunday deadline approaches. – more Chromite prospects stirring excitement […]
Monday, April 30 Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Wrap-up Sucden’s day old nickel chart – (here). Baltic Dry Index – minus 1 to 1,155. (chart) Dollar graph in lower right corner of this page – (chart of dollar index) (live java chart) Headlines & leaders – (Bloomberg) China Plans Tariff Cuts for Commodity, Consumer Goods to Encourage […]
Cell phone and tablet users – smaller version of this page – (here) Thursday, September 29 Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Briefing (8:00 AM CST is 1PM in London) Three month nickel closed Wednesday’s trading session at $4.85/lb . Indicators at 5:45 am CST today show 3 month nickel trading around $.02/lb lower. Stockpiles of […]
10-29 LME nickel ended the day and month at $6.11/lb. For the month, nickel averaged $6.54/lb. * China Iron and Steel Association states iron ore imports will rise from 148 million tonnes last year to to more than 180 million tonnes this year * LME warehouse stock of nickel slid by 54 tonnes […]
Thursday, September 30 (final day of 3rd quarter) Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Wrap-up Baltic Dry Index – minus 22 to 2,246. (chart) Dollar graph in lower right corner of this page – (chart of dollar index) (live java chart) Headlines & leaders – (Bloomberg) Buffett Expects `Large Investment Opportunities’ in China // Taiwan Raises Benchmark […]
Monday, October 31 Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Wrap-up Baltic Dry Index – minus 53 to 1,965. (chart) Dollar graph in lower right corner of this page – (chart of dollar index) (live java chart) Headlines & leaders – (Bloomberg) China’s Property Stocks Decline as Wen Pledges to ‘Firmly’ Maintain Curbs // China Regulator Reshuffle Makes Shang […]
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Cell phone and tablet users – smaller version of this page – (here) Wednesday, April 30 Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Briefing (8:00 AM CST is 1PM in London) Dow Jones reports three month nickel closed Tuesday’s trading session at $8.26/lb . Indicators at 7:00 am CST today show 3 month nickel trading around $.02/lb […]
This page is archived news covering the period from May 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006. If you are looking for current daily market news, please visit this page. Stainless Steel & Metals News. May 2006 (Nickel prices are followed here daily as they are responsible for up to 60% of the cost of stainless […]
Friday, August 30 Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Briefing (8:00 AM CST is 1PM in London) Dow Jones reports three month nickel closed Thursday’s trading session at $6.38/lb . Indicators at 6:30 am CST today show 3 month nickel trading around $.11/lb lower, with other London traded base metals trading lower as well. Stockpiles of nickel stored […]
