Posted on 08/22/2012 6:27:18 AM PDT by blam
Lead time for big pipeline valves is longest on record.
Thank you fracking companies on the Backan and North Fork.
the time scales go not back far enough
the chart could be showing a “defestating drop” or it could be showing a pull back form a bubble; with a five-year-back or more chart, that might be clearer
infrastructure building is not a steady state in any economy, which is one reason steel companies have always had difficulties; periods of large infrastructure development slow down, scale back, and come back again, and slow down again, ad infinitum
Double dip recession is what used to be called DEPRESSION. We are in one. We have been in one for 4 years. We will be in one for some time to come. We might pull out of this if Romney wins and is struck by lightning turning him into Ronald Reagan and he has a conservative Republican Congress in which Bohner and other “leaders” have lost their jobs.
Might be an opinion reaction to the following. After having read a few of his opinions while following economic news, I suspect that Mr. Weisenthal hopes for conditions that would keep the debt pile high for government incomes, real estate or something else related.
Iron Ore Price to Rebound as China Seeks Cheaper Imports
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-21/iron-ore-to-rebound-as-china-seeks-cheaper-imports-commodities.html
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Check out the metallurgy on Maraging steels. You can have steel without carbon, but you must add something else - in this case, nickel.
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