(20) According to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English, wag means "slight motion or undulation of the water." (21) The Greenland was a 259.11
net ton, 75 nhp wooden vessel owned in 1898 by Baine Johnston & Co.
These numbers represent a threat to traditional integrated players, since many plants have current cash operating costs - not to mention fully loaded costs - that exceed $275 per
net ton. The pressures that reshaped the industry in the 1980s will return once the current boom has passed.
In addition, the recycling rate for steel packaging also reached an all-time high of 70.8%, with more than 1.5 million
net tons of steel recycled, according to numbers from the Steel Recycling Institute that were released to coincide with America Recycles Day.
Steel will have about 33 million
net tons of annual raw steel capacity.
Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the United States imported a total of 2,432,000
net tons of steel in June, including 2,025,000
net tons of finished steel.
It said February US exports, at 7,784,000
net tons (NT = 907kg), were down 16.1% from previous year shipments.
AMERICAN is increasing production capacity to nearly 700,000
net tons annually and shortening manufacturing lead times for high quality steel pipe.
Its more than 100-year-old facility currently produces 140,000
net tons of gray, ductile and austempered ductile iron annually for a wide variety of industries.
and Canadian Great Lakes ports totaled 3.1 million
net tons in November, a decrease of 11% compared with a year ago.
The plant, which is expected to begin production by spring 2008, will be able to produce 300,000
net tons of pipes annually for the oil and gas industry.
And last December, the European Commission asked for official talks within the World Trade Organisation over two controversial 'safeguard' measures announced by former US President Bill Clinton to restrict imports of steel wires and pipes (see European Report No 2555).--The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on 7 February that, based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the US imported 35.8 million
net tons (NT = 907 kg) in 2000.
US imports of steel mill products totaled 8,699,000
net tons in the first half of this year, compared with 11,027,000 tons in the same 1988 period, according to the AISI's compilation of Commerce Department figures.
The Company plans to expand its steel mill facility to an annual gross production capacity of 10.3 million
net tons of steel, making it the largest integrated steel manufacturer in Africa.