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The portion of the steelmaking complex that processes semi-finished steel (slabs or billets) into forms that can be used by others. Finishing operations can include rolling mills, pickle lines, tandem mills, annealing facilities, and temper mills.
Industry:Metals
The last stand in a rolling mill, which determines the surface finish and final gauge.
Industry:Metals
Category of steel that includes sheet, strip, and tin plate, among others. Produced by passing ingot/slab through pairs of rolls.
Industry:Metals
An iron cleaning agent. Limestone and lime react with impurities within the metallic pool to form a slag that floats to the top of the relatively heavier (and now more pure) liquid iron.
Industry:Metals
Phrase that explains whether the transportation costs of the steel are included. “FOB Mill” is the price of steel at the mill, not including shipping.
Industry:Metals
A common industry practice when a mill sells steel outside its geographic area; it will assume any extra shipping costs (relative to the competition) to quote the customer an equivalent price to get the business.
Industry:Metals
A metal part worked to predetermined shape by one or more processes such as hammering, pressing, or rolling.
Industry:Metals
Hot rolled pickled steel that is cold reduced to a specified thickness and subject to no further processing (not annealed or temper rolled). The product is very stiff; it is not intended for flat work where deformation is very minimal.
Industry:Metals
Full Hard Cold Rolled steel produced to a Rockwell hardness of 84 and higher on the B scale.
Industry:Metals
