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Vertical integration into scrap – lessons from iron ore

March 26, 2008

There has been a recent flurry of steel producer acquisitions of scrap processors (SDI-Omnisource,  Nucor- DJ Joseph, DJ Joseph-MRS, Galamba) and persistent rumors that others are circling targets. By my calculations steel producers now control about 40% of the US ferrous scrap industry. They controlled less than half that only a few years ago. If […]

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