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Best Of MetalMiner: Oil, Gas and Energy Policy

by Lisa Reisman on August 26, 2011

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As crude oil reached the top of the rollercoaster in the spring with record prices, and continues to make waves in the commodities markets, activity in the alternative fuel sector has reached a critical point — we’re now at a place and time that calls for definitive energy policy, especially domestically. With that, we kick [...]

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Nucor on US Manufacturing Policy

by Lisa Reisman on August 24, 2011

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e455BhpxKQ[/youtube] MetalMiner’s editor Lisa Reisman speaks with Jennifer Diggins, director of public affairs, Nucor, about manufacturing policy. In our first Nucor interview installment, MetalMiner discussed the legislative landscape in Washington with Diggins. The verdict seems to be that nothing much is going to happen for quite some time. Other key topics of discussion: EPA regulations, [...]

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Nucor On Ethanol Subsidies and the Role of Government

by Lisa Reisman on August 23, 2011

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4UU7ORAYnU[/youtube] MetalMiner’s editor Lisa Reisman speaks with Jennifer Diggins, director of public affairs, Nucor, about government energy subsidies. In our first Nucor interview installment, MetalMiner discussed the legislative landscape in Washington with Diggins. The verdict seems to be that nothing much is going to happen for quite some time. Other key topics of discussion: EPA [...]

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Nucor On Long-Term US Energy Policy

by Lisa Reisman on August 22, 2011

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj9D63rd_f8[/youtube] MetalMiner’s editor Lisa Reisman speaks with Jennifer Diggins, director of public affairs, Nucor, about US long-term energy policy. In our first Nucor interview installment, MetalMiner discussed the legislative landscape in Washington with Diggins. The verdict seems to be that nothing much is going to happen for quite some time. So where does that leave [...]

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MetalMiner Presents Webinar On Where Steel Is Headed; Metalwest on Lean Metal Supply

by Taras Berezowsky on January 26, 2011

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Join MetalMiner and Metalwest for a webinar tomorrow, Jan. 27 at 10:00 AM CDT, for a co-presentation of a steel price and market outlook for the upcoming year, as well as how new ways of lean sourcing can improve profitability. Metal price and cost of business look to loom large in 2011, as raw materials [...]

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Attention, MetalMiner Readers: What Can We Do For You?

by Taras Berezowsky on January 20, 2011

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Source: metalsdepot.com In scouring the issues, events, news and developments in the metals world — anywhere from the sourcing standpoint, to metals prices, to the macroeconomic “big picture” — we here at MetalMiner are driven by what we think our readers will find valuable and/or interesting. The reason for this post is near the end [...]

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MetalMiner and Metalwest’s Steel Outlook – Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Webinar

by Taras Berezowsky on January 12, 2011

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MetalMiner has a tradition of providing insightful webinars for metals sourcing managers and other professionals, and the trend will certainly continue in 2011. Indeed, with the metals markets once again entering a highly volatile period of unpredictable movement, companies can use all the help they can get from experienced analysts. Lisa Reisman, MetalMiner’s founder, will [...]

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MetalMiner Launches Free MetalSaver Sourcing Tool

by Lisa Reisman on February 6, 2008

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I once heard the CEO of a large electronics distribution firm give a public talk on some of the very detailed specifics of his company’s supply chain transformation. He even went so far as to publish his company’s strategy and tactics in his book Free, Perfect, and Now. On the one hand, I was sort [...]

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