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Purchasing 2007 Salary Survey: Purchasing salaries continue their Climb
By Susan Avery, 12/13/2007
Compensation for purchasing professionals continues to rise, a sure sign of top management's commitment and support for the jobs they do. More

IP hikes specialty paper grades by $60/ton
By Tom Stundza - 05/07/2008
Paper-prices increase hits May 24 More
No restart set at Mississippi linerboard plant
By Tom Stundza - 05/07/2008
Boiler explosion idles International Paper facility More
World printing and writing paper demand is flat
By Tom Stundza - 05/07/2008
Purchasing is expected to show little growth through 2010 More
Goldman Sachs says $200/barrel crude oil is possible
By Tom Stundza - 05/06/2008
Analyst says $150-$200 crude may happen within two years. More
European alliance will build biofuel plants
By Tom Stundza - 05/06/2008
Linde, Süd-Chemie to build facilities anywhere. More
Energy, crude goods prices have continued to surge
By Tom Stundza - 05/02/2008
“The recent inflation news has been bad,” says Dana Johnson, chief economist at Comerica Bank in Detroit, who adds that “trends in prices for crude goods materials equal the main upside inflation risk at present.” More
EIA: Oil prices will stay above $100
05/08/2008
For the first time ever, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration, issued a forecast in April that says oil prices will average more than $100/barrel for 2008. According to a revised forecast issued today in its Short-Term Energy Outlook, the EIA says West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices, which averaged $72. More
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Robert J. (Bob) Garino, Director of Commodities, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
December 7, 2007
China’s steelmaking expansion will grow, just like domestic sheet steel prices
Latest on 2008 Chinese steel production…according to the China Iron and Stee...
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Commodities Update
Robert J. (Bob) Garino, Director of Commodities, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
November 30, 2007
Jitters in the financial markets
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Commodities Update
Robert J. (Bob) Garino, Director of Commodities, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
November 19, 2007
Last week’s earthquake just muddies the picture more for nonferrous metals
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