Do you think it’d be safe to venture off to the steel city for the following in a couple of weeks? It’s a free seminar in Sheffield that anybody is welcome to attend: How can the BSSA help you during the downturn? Come to our free seminar and find out about opportunities available to BSSA [...]
Continue readingBSSA Regional Forum, 23rd June, EEF Sheffield – Help During the Downturn
Posted on 10, Jun
“Two World Wars and One Great Depression Do-Dah Do-Dah”
Posted on 9, Jan
This credit collapse/meltdown/armageddon is a curious one to fathom. Do you not think? What are you lot seeing and hearing? It seems like any response seems wholly inappropriate. For example, if you acknowledge there’s a squeeze going on but then follow up with how it isn’t affecting you and you’re bucking the trend, you’re a [...]
Continue readingScrapping Ships at Harland and Wolff
Posted on 14, Apr
Harland & Wolff Ship Broken for Scrap The linked photoset from this weekend’s Guardian: April 12 2008: Belfast, UK: The MSC Napoli cargo ship lies in a dry dock at Harland and Wolff ship builders as it is dismantled for recycling. The ship was grounded off the English coast after getting into difficulties during bad [...]
Continue readingThe Future According to United States Steel circa 196*
Posted on 4, Apr
Syd Mead futuristic illustration for United States Steel This is part of an absolutely marvellous flickr set of what United States Steel thought the future might hold. It’s a touch more optimistic than their British counterpart, Corus, who only managed to inspire the dystopia that is Blade Runner with their monstrosity of a steel plant [...]
Continue readingSpring Steel Available in Small Quantities
Posted on 2, Apr
I always get mightily confuddled by various steel grades and types. Oh, I have the basics from 304 to 316 down pat, but when our Steve at Steel Strip mentioned to me that he’d started selling small quantities of spring steel I had to scurry off to Wikipedia to find out what spring steel actually [...]
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