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US steel buyers report brighter outlook: ISM
February 08, 2012 - 02:14 GMT
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Steel buyers’ expectations of incoming orders, backlogs, general economic activity and even their own business plans improved in January compared with December, an industry survey shows.
At the same time, none said they planned to increase stocks in the next six months, compared with 8.3 percent who said they planned to buy more when surveyed the previous month.
Nearly 92 percent of...
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