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Articles in March, 2002 issue of Metal Center News

• SSCI changes name, nominates officers. (Association News)
• `Cautious positivity' for red metal markets: plummeting demand in the electronics and telecommunications markets, along with plummeting prices, made 2001 a difficult year for red metals. Will this year more of the same?
  by Myra Pinkham
• Ornamental metals offer more attractive returns: buying and selling ornamental metals offers an appealing alternative to low-margin commodities
  by Corinna C. Petry
• Prime opportunity for some in secondary: service centers take chances in finding buyers for flawed steel and aluminum
  by Tom Bagsarian
• U.S. steel shipments fell 8.8% in 2001. (Association News)
• We've hit bottom--now what? (Business Topics)
  by Robert J.Brookes
• Specialization offers insulation from competition: many in red metals are struggling, but Standard Metals has found success in various niches, including specialty alloys for military applications and waterjet cutting. (MCN case study: standard metals)
  by Tim Triplett
• Losses force restructuring at Ryerson Tull, Worthington. (Service Center News)
• Nucor bids $500 million for Birmingham assets. (Metal Industry News)
• Industrial Metals sold, relocated. (Service Center News)
• Heat treating: the bedrock of Gibraltar: heat treating's a hotbed of growth for this cold-strip producer
  by Bill Beck
• Ten bidders vie for LTV plants. (Metal Industry News)
• Steel unemployment continues to rise. (USWA)
• Bankrupt again, Geneva shuts down coke plant. (Metal Industry News)
• Bankrupt Huntco may cease to exist. (Service Center News)
• No turnaround until 2003? (From the Editor's Desk)
  by Tim W. Triplett