Damaged Steel Coils The warehouse was 100,000 square feet and it held mostly steel coils. There were pallets of machinery and some bobcats in the corner but the warehousing of…
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Covid Steel Having excess of anything right now with the exception of groceries and toilet paper is scary. A lot of companies are over leveraged or in possession of excess…
So let me explain what my theorhetical Jeep has in common with the secondary steel market. For the sake of example lets say I own a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee….
Primarily a galvanneal defect black rust is sporadic showing up randomly throughout a coil. Galvanneal has an iron content coating which does not exist in galvanized coils. This is why…
Chem treat stain, what exactly is it? This defect looks like a linear stain that is uniform throughout a coil. It is usually caused by mechanical failures at a chemical…
Bare spots are a steel defect that occur because of surface contamination. Sometimes called pits, pocks or blemishes this defect occurs as a result of atmosphere problems in the line…
Coil Breaks are creases which appear as lines transverse to the rolling direction and usually extending across the width of the steel. The condition is considered unsightly moreso in sheet…
US steel stocks rose this week on several factors. Firstly, people think that the US and China are going to stop fighting and hug it out. Second, Chinese steel exports…
White rust is a white, chalky substance that can form on the surface of zinc materials, like #galvanized steel. It forms when zinc is exposed to hydrogen and oxygen. This…
Steel trucking claims are a large part of our business in the purchase of secondary steel. Coils and sheets that come off the truck are sometimes even too far gone…