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- A Chinese company now manufactures stainless steel tip cases for ballpoint pens https://qz.com/881960/the-humble-ballpoint-pen-has-become-a-new-symbol-of-chinas-innovation-economy/ 45 comments
- Chinese Steel Manufacturers On The Brink Of Bankruptcy https://oilprice.com/Metals/Commodities/Chinese-Steel-Manufacturers-On-The-Brink-Of-Bankruptcy.html 11 comments china
- Chinese Steel Manufacturers On The Brink Of Bankruptcy https://oilprice.com/Metals/Commodities/Chinese-Steel-Manufacturers-On-The-Brink-Of-Bankruptcy.html 183 comments worldnews
- As Trump touts 'thriving' steel industry and manufacturing, insiders disagree https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/05/as-trump-touts-thriving-steel-industry-and-manufacturing-insiders-disagree.html 34 comments politics
- Trump steel and aluminum tariffs take a toll on Vermont manufacturers https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2018/09/05/trump-tariffs-vermont-manufacturers-steel-aluminum-hurting/1083768002/ 8 comments politics
- Texas steel pipe manufacturer becomes casualty of Trump's trade war http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/27/news/baytown-texas-steel-pipe-workers-trump-tariffs/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbmoney&utm_content=2018-06-27t19:06:02&utm_medium=social 6 comments worldnews
- Texas steel pipe manufacturer becomes casualty of Trump's trade war http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/27/news/baytown-texas-steel-pipe-workers-trump-tariffs/index.html 16 comments politics
- Largest US nail manufacturer 'on the brink of extinction' because of the steel tariffs http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/26/news/companies/steel-tariffs-job-losses/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2018-06-26t16:32:00&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbmoney 4 comments politics
- Largest US nail manufacturer 'on the brink of extinction' because of the steel tariffs http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/26/news/companies/steel-tariffs-job-losses/index.html 238 comments politics
- Coal, steel, manufacturing struggle after Trump’s first year https://www.apnews.com/b3c5bda3cfc44d0eb4ca502d327415ad 19 comments politics
- Is all stainless steel manufactured in an electric arc furnace? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6v98sg/is_all_stainless_steel_manufactured_in_an/ 3 comments askscience
- Buy calls in the steel barrel manufacturing sector http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/all-the-things-that-cost-more-than-a-barrel-of-oil-including-a-barrel-a6818786.html 5 comments wallstreetbets
- Bad Day for Detroit Automakers due to Trump administration tariffs on the two key raw materials for the car manufacturing, steel and aluminum. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/25/this-was-a-bad-day-for-detroits-automakers.html 7 comments politics
- US manufacturers seek relief from steel and aluminum tariffs https://apnews.com/3931f354d536472bb6cd46ac4bcc2313/us-manufacturers-seek-relief-from-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs 7 comments politics
- BMW is hoping to revolutionize the electric car industry. Whereas most manufacturers rely on traditional -- and heavy-- steel car bodies, the German company hopes that carbon fiber components could lead electric cars into the future. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,736296,00.html 28 comments business
- Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Breakthrough Could Mean Bye-Bye Steel http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/09/carbon_nanotube_manufacturing_breakthrough_could_mean_byebye_steel-2.html 43 comments science
- More Than 300 Manufacturers Just Asked Biden To Repeal Trump's Steel Tariffs as Prices Skyrocket https://reason.com/2021/05/07/more-than-300-manufacturers-just-asked-biden-to-repeal-trumps-steel-tariffs-as-prices-skyrocket/ 332 comments politics
- China embraces rail to transport goods to Europe: Manufacturers turn to ‘steel camels’ in face of shipping container shortages, high costs and delays https://www.ft.com/content/8bcd9ded-b094-4562-8766-d7250ac4851b?sharetype=nongift 4 comments economy
- U.S. manufacturers grapple with steel shortages, soaring prices https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-steel-insight-iduskbn2an0yq 7 comments economy
- Steel Manufacturing Sector Evaded Tax Worth Rs. 817 Million: Report https://propakistani.pk/2020/10/22/steel-manufacturing-sector-evaded-tax-worth-rs-870-million-report/ 5 comments pakistan
- A simple question to all you steel lovers - what would you consider the best steel pro racing bike ever manufactured? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q9OHLA5zjkU/TGk3XpFsmOI/AAAAAAAAHwY/9QRSacx3uMc/s1600/roger.jpg 14 comments bicycling
- Rewriting the history of K-carbon fiber manufacturing with carbon nanotubes: The carbon nanotube is a new kind of material that is 100 times stronger, yet four times lighter, than steel, with copper-like high electrical conductivity and diamond-like thermal conductivity. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/959181 48 comments science
- Europe to planemakers: Stop buying Kobe Steel products - "The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) advised manufacturers in a statement Wednesday to suspend their use of Kobe Steel (KBSTY) products after the Japanese firm admitted to falsifying data." http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/18/news/kobe-steel-aviation-easa/index.html 3 comments worldnews
- Biden calls for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel as he makes economic pitch in Pittsburgh. Biden has made investment in American manufacturing a key plank of his economic policy. “The bottom line is I want fair competition with China, not conflict. They’re not competing – they’re cheating.” https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/biden-tariffs-chinese-steel-economic-pitch/index.html 15 comments economy
- Heliogen, a Bill Gates-backed solar tech company, could help finally decarbonize heavy industry. Using mirrors to concentrate solar power isn’t new, but now the tech can push temperatures high enough to be used for manufacturing things such as steel and cement. https://www.fastcompany.com/90431869/this-bill-gates-backed-solar-tech-could-help-finally-decarbonize-heavy-industry 4 comments worldnews
- Private steel manufacturer in China decides to take a stake in a state manufacturer. An executive announces that 25,000 jobs will be cut. Protesters promptly beat him to death. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/27/china-steel-workers-boss-beaten 192 comments worldnews
- Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports. Biden has promised new measures to shield steel mills, automakers and other American companies against what he calls trade “cheating” by Beijing. China’s lavish subsidies have led to a significant cost advantage for Chinese manufactured goods. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/politics/biden-china-imports.html 50 comments economy
- European Manufacturers Reel From Russian Gas Shutoff. Factories of aluminum, steel, fertilizer, glass etc. are shutting down. Permanent deindustrialisation of EU might be happening. https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-manufacturers-factories-russia-gas-11662938614 8 comments economy
- [Henry Winter] UK Govt claims Roman Abramovich “is or has been involved in destabilising Ukraine…via Evraz PLC, a steel manufacturing and mining company…over which Abramovich exercises effective control”. Govt claims potential links between Evraz "and supplying steel to the Russian military". https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1501854980076195847 528 comments soccer
- Arctic hunter-gatherers were advanced ironworkers more than 2,000 years ago. Ancient hunter-gatherers at two Swedish sites “probably manufactured more iron and steel, and were more socially organized and sedentary than we previously thought." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-hunter-gatherers-iron-metal-production-sweden 335 comments science
- India to overtake U.S. as second-largest steel consumer on Modi's manufacturing push http://asia.nikkei.com/politics-economy/economy/india-to-overtake-u.s.-as-second-largest-steel-consumer-on-modi-s-manufacturing-push 13 comments india
- The Road To Resilience: How Unscientific Innovation Saved Marlin Steel -- "A little maker of metal baskets shows how U.S. manufacturers can thrive against all comers." http://www.fastcompany.com/3012591/marlin-steel-metal-baskets 10 comments business
- In pursuit of lunar oxygen, firm discovers recipe for net-zero steel. A novel solution sees carbon replaced by sodium during steel manufacture. https://interestingengineering.com/science/lunar-oxygen-recipe-carbon-free-steel 114 comments futurology
- Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. https://phys.org/news/2022-02-two-dimensional-polymer-lightweight-material-stronger.html 2 comments futurology
- Engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. New material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other one-dimensional polymers. https://news.mit.edu/2022/polymer-lightweight-material-2d-0202 120 comments futurology
- Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new 2D material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities and self-assembles into sheets https://news.mit.edu/2022/polymer-lightweight-material-2d-0202 10 comments science
- Engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. New material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other one-dimensional polymers. https://news.mit.edu/2022/polymer-lightweight-material-2d-0202 2220 comments science
- Nine reactors at five nuclear power plants in Japan, including some currently in operation, have used products manufactured by the Kobe Steel Ltd. group which has admitted fabricating product quality data, it has been learned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/16/national/nine-nuclear-reactors-japan-use-products-manufactured-steelmaker-admitted-faking-quality-data/#.wg5dztjl-uk 28 comments worldnews
- India to overtake U.S. as second-largest steel consumer on Modi's manufacturing push- Nikkei Asian Review http://asia.nikkei.com/politics-economy/economy/india-to-overtake-u.s.-as-second-largest-steel-consumer-on-modi-s-manufacturing-push 2 comments worldnews
- During a brief tour of the company’s facility, Romney was invited to press the button that starts the machine that turns sheets of steel into U-shaped fence posts. “I gotta press the button,” Romney said jokingly. “That will be my heavy lift in terms of manufacturing.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-talks-tough-on-china-during-ohio-visit/2012/02/29/giqarq3rir_blog.html 4 comments politics