- Industry: Metals
- Number of terms: 8616
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- Company Profile:
Michelle Applebaum Research is a Chicago-based equity
research consulting firm founded by Michelle Applebaum,
formerly a Managing Director of Salomon Brothers. The
company provides consulting expertise in the area of steel
and steel equities to institutional investors and industry.
Resources spent to process material in a single stage, from one type to another. The costs of converting iron ore to hot metal or bauxite to aluminum can be isolated for analysis.
Industry:Metals
Processes steel into a more finished state, such as pipe, tubing, and cold-rolled strip, before selling it to end users. Such steel generally is not sold on contract, making the converter segment of the mills’ revenues more price sensitive than their supply contracts to the auto manufacturers.
Industry:Metals
COREX® is a coal-based smelting process that yields hot metal or pig iron. The output can be used by integrated mills or EAF mills.
Industry:Metals
The gradual degradation or alteration of metal caused by atmosphere, moisture, or other agents.
Industry:Metals
Heavy gauge, galvanized steel that is spiral-formed or riveted into corrugated pipe, which is used for highway drainage applications.
Industry:Metals
Process to uncoil sections of flat-rolled steel and cut them into a desired length. Product that is cut to length is normally shipped flat-stacked.
Industry:Metals
The process used to smooth the sharp, jagged edges of a cut piece of steel.
Industry:Metals
Parts/applications that require deep drawing in their fabrication. Examples are motor shells, fenders, quarter panels, and door panels.
Industry:Metals
A type of pension plan whereby the employer promises to make pension payments to retired employees in specified amounts, regardless of the performance of the fund. Because the employees’ total years of service and their length of retirement are uncertain, the employer’s future liabilities must be estimated and can fluctuate over time.
Industry:Metals
A pension plan in which the employer promises to make specified contributions to the pension fund, but the amount of pension benefits ultimately paid to retired employees depends on how well the pension fund’s assets are managed. There are no balance sheet items for Defined Contribution Plans because all liabilities are satisfied in full each year.
Industry:Metals
