2017
Nov. 14 Specifications Comm. Meeting, Atlanta, GA
Dec. 4-7 Defense Manufacturing Conference, Tampa, FL
Dec. 6-9 National T&O Conference, Chicago, IL
SEPTEMBER - 2017
This month’s Casteel commentary advocates our industry making clean plants a priority. Instead of seeing this as a burden, we need to recognize this as an opportunity to improve our quality and profitability. As always, your comments and disagreements are welcome.
Make your plans now to attend the 2017 T&O Conference in Chicago on December 6-9. This year’s conference will feature a range of typical technical and operating papers along with a special session on gating and pouring. Additional details for registration will be sent to members soon.
Last chance to attend either the SFSA Duplex Stainless Steel (DSS) and Future Leaders (FL) group meetings. The DSS subject-focused meeting on Thursday (9/21) afternoon will include presentations on ferrite measurement and DSS research. The Future Leaders will meet Wednesday (9/20) morning for group roundtable and then partake in a seminar that will begin that afternoon through Thursday (9/21) morning on the development of DSS through the years to provide a fundamental understanding of the alloys. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour Omaha Steel on the Friday (9/22) morning. To RSVP, please contact David Poweleit.
Guimond and Associates have been working closely with the SFSA silica subcommittee and staff to draft a document on the development of a silica engineering controls program along with a series of guidance documents for members to assist them to control silica exposure for every area of the foundry that is a known source of respirable silica. Known source areas have been identified based on sampling data collected from industry. The documents will identify the source of exposure, control measures, and design recommendations based on best practices. The goal is to cover 90% of the equipment used in steel foundries. For example, rather than a basic document for shakeout, we will have several that will address specific types of shakeout – rotary, vibratory conveyor, etc. The initial set of documents will be completed and available to members by year end. Please contact Ryan Moore for more information.
Thanks to the support from Tom Stevens, the first Steel Casting Technology Course was a fantastic success! SFSA is planning to offer the course again in 2018. To reduce travel cost and time, the course will be offered over three sessions, which will be held in January, February and March. Attendance will be limited to the first 20 registrants. Please contact Diana David for more information.
SFSA’s “Digital Innovative Design (DID) for Reliable Casting Performance” program is creating a material property database to allow designers to select alloys as cast grades with confidence. We need your heat data, which will be kept with anonymity. Please contact Diana David for more information.
SFSA is in the process of planning two opportunities in 2018 for members to visit steel foundries in Mexico and Spain. The Mexico visit will include tours of Fundidora Morelia, POK and Fimex as is scheduled for the week of February 5th. The Spain visit is being planned with AIST as was done in 2016 for a UK tour, and is tentatively scheduled for late June.
All of the SFSA Research Reports are available on the steel castings wiki. Recently, the following new reports have been added for the benefit of members:
Demand and production of steel and stainless steel castings has improved markedly, especially when compared to the depressed levels of the first half of 2016. While the improvement is welcome, the industry is still down significantly from the peak levels last seen in 2014 and before. Bookings are well over 10% compared to a year earlier for both steel and stainless. The three month average exceeds the 12 month average indicating growth in the market. Backlogs have risen from 6 weeks to over 8 weeks for steel and stainless production. Steel mill production had an earlier increase but is similar now to the results in castings. Steel production reported weekly showed a softening for the first half of the year but since June has shown a nice increase. Prices for cold rolled steel has remained stable at over $600 a ton for the year so far. Of some concern, capital goods remain stagnant without any clear growth pattern through June. Oil prices have remained between $45 and 50 a barrel stabilizing the market but not creating much incentive for investment. Improvements in drilling has led to increased demand for rail and oil field products. Copper prices have advanced and are currently over $2.90 a pound. This suggests cautious optimism for the balance of the year.
| STEEL FOUNDERS' SOCIETY OF AMERICA | |||||
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| BUSINESS REPORT | |||||
| SFSA Trend Cards | 12 Mo Avg | 3 Mo Avg | July | June | May |
| (%-12 mos. Ago) | |||||
| Carbon & Low Alloy | |||||
| Shipments | -0.8 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 12.1 |
| Bookings | 8.7 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 |
| Backlog (wks) | 7.4 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 |
| High Alloy | |||||
| Shipments | -2.7 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 10.0 |
| Bookings | 4.3 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Backlog (wks) | 7.4 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| Department of Commerce Census Data | |||||
| Iron & Steel Foundries (million $) | |||||
| Shipments | 1,359.5 | 1,292.7 | 1,282 | 1,294 | 1,302 |
| New Orders | 1,401.8 | 1,366.3 | 1,345 | 1,371 | 1,383 |
| Inventories | 1,982.3 | 1,961.7 | 1,997 | 1,960 | 1,928 |
| Nondefense Capital Goods (billion $) | |||||
| Shipments | 71.0 | 71.5 | 72.7 | 71.2 | 70.6 |
| New Orders | 71.1 | 74.1 | 67.8 | 84.5 | 70.0 |
| Inventories | 173.8 | 177.3 | 177.5 | 177.9 | 176.6 |
| Nondefense Capital Goods less Aircraft (billion $) | |||||
| Shipments | 63.0 | 63.4 | 64.1 | 63.3 | 62.9 |
| New Orders | 63.6 | 63.7 | 64.1 | 63.5 | 63.5 |
| Inventories | 120.5 | 122.7 | 123.1 | 123.1 | 121.8 |
| Inventory/Orders | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.92 | 1.94 | 1.94 |
| Inventory/Shipments | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.92 | 1.94 | 1.92 |
| Orders/Shipments | 0.0/td> | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 |
| American Iron and Steel Institute | |||||
| Raw Steel Shipments | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| (million net tons) | |||||
Clean, not a word most people associate with steel foundries and yet….
As an industry, we need to be known as a smart, clean and friendly business. Smart means thoughtful in all our practices but also clever in our adoption and exploitation of information technology. We need more sensors, better data, and smarter analysis of our process, product and financial data. Our goal should be to intentionally identify areas for improvement to make our operations smarter at least a project each month.
We also need to be friendly, seen as a good place work, safe and clean.
To be smart and friendly, we need to be clean. In the advanced manufacturing centers: America Makes, Lift, DMDII; they are commissioned to not only develop manufacturing technology but also to do workforce development. Each organization was required to build a state-of-the-art technology center. You would recognize the type facilities they built. They are the same as the manufacturing plants of our major OEM customers, large, spacious, clean and well lit.
We are not.
We need to be.
How can we do that?
I think we need to make cleaning our facility a priority, like quality improvement, safety, financial profitability, smart manufacturing and workforce development. In fact, these are not separate or separable tasks but different aspects of the same progress we need for our future. Clean is an essential part of 5s, 6sigma, safety, etc.
Our customers, especially our new customer quality and purchasing people look at our plant and are confident we cannot meet their quality goals given the appearance of our plants.
So, we need to, as a part of our ordinary improvements, clean our plants. Like many of you, I had parents from the depression. We did not throw away anything. So, I find it difficult to get rid of tools and supplies even when I update and make the existing stuff obsolete. But we know from the 5s implementation, that stuff gets in our way and makes us less successful.
So, we need to, at a minimum:
I know that we are not there and have a way to go and are financially stressed and short-handed and have other priorities. But when I look at the leadership and profitability of the best steel foundries in my career, they were all seen as immaculately clean. These few high performing plants all had management that was less overcommitted and had more time for improvement. Yet when you took a plant tour, they would stop to pick up a piece of trash, get a supervisor to clean up a spill, get a maintenance person to fix a cracked window on a door. This attention to detail was reflected in their casting quality and the production efficiency.
So, I would advocate making cleaning and improving the plant a part of your goal to make your plant more profitable and valuable.
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september17.pdf (196kB) |
The September 2017 Casteel Reporter |
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june17.pdf (810kB) |
The June 2017 Casteel Reporter |
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appendices 06-2017.pdf (94kB) |
Appendices to Raymond Monroe's testimony to Section 232 Investigation: The Effect of Steel Imports on National Security - Closed Steel Foundries and Lost Capacity since 2000, and Steel Foundries Involved in Supplying Defense Castings |
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april17.pdf (306kB) |
The April 2017 Casteel Reporter |
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march17.pdf (201kB) |
The March 2017 Casteel Reporter |
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january17.pdf (587kB) |
The January 2017 Casteel Reporter |
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october16.pdf (393kB) |
The October 2016 Casteel Reporter |
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2017 SFSA Market Forecast.pdf (933kB) |
The 2017 SFSA Market Forecast.pdf |
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august16.pdf (532kB) |
The August 2016 Casteel Reporter |
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june16.pdf (880kB) |
The June 2016 Casteel Reporter |
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may16.pdf (794kB) |
The May 2016 Casteel Reporter |
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march16.pdf (250kB) |
The March 2016 Casteel Reporter |
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january16.pdf (809kB) |
The January 2016 Casteel Reporter |
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SFSA - Information Form.pdf (178kB) |
SFSA Directory Information Form |
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october15.pdf (763kB) |
The October 2015 Casteel Reporter |
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Cast Carbon Steels in AWS D1.1.pdf (361kB) |
Exploring the Need to Include Cast Carbon Steels in Welding Procedure Specifications - A case is made for adding cast carbon steel grades in prequalified specifications to AWS D1.1 |
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september15.pdf (625kB) |
The September 2015 Casteel Reporter |
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july15.pdf (293kB) |
The July 2015 Casteel Reporter |
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may15.pdf (453kB) |
The May 2015 Casteel Reporter |
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april15.pdf (877kB) |
The April 2015 Casteel Reporter |
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february15.pdf (427kB) |
The February 2015 Casteel Reporter |
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2015-02-BestPapers2014.pdf (3MB) |
Award-winning papers presented at the 2014 SFSA Technical & Operating Conference |
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january15.pdf (214kB) |
The January 2015 Casteel Reporter |
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2015-01-CastingIndustryImage.pdf (867kB) |
IFF Presentation |
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2015-01-ChinaTrends.pdf (874kB) |
IFF Presentation |
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2015-01-SupplyChainImpact.pdf (971kB) |
IFF Presentation |
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2015-01-ValvePumpSteelCstgTrends.pdf (kB) |
IFF Presentation |
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november14.pdf (413kB) |
The November 2014 Casteel Reporter |
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october14.pdf (781kB) |
The October 2014 Casteel Reporter |
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august14.pdf (419kB) |
The August 2014 Casteel Reporter |
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may14.pdf (251kB) |
The May 2014 Casteel Reporter |
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february14.pdf (375kB) |
The February 2014 Casteel Reporter |
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december13.pdf (297kB) |
The December 2013 Casteel Reporter |
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october13.pdf (244kB) |
The October 2013 Casteel Reporter |
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august13.pdf (302kB) |
The August 2013 Casteel Reporter |
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may13.pdf (321kB) |
The May 2013 Casteel Reporter |
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april13.pdf (295kB) |
The April 2013 Casteel Reporter |
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february13.pdf (233kB) |
The February 2013 Casteel Reporter |
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january13.pdf (326kB) |
The January 2013 Casteel Reporter |
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Forecast2013.pdf (881kB) |
The 2013 SFSA Market Forecast |
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december12.pdf (275kB) |
The December 2012 Casteel Reporter |
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october12.pdf (158kB) |
The October 2012 Casteel Reporter |
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july12.pdf (256kB) |
The July 2012 Casteel Reporter |
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may12.pdf (420kB) |
The May 2012 Casteel Reporter |
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march12.pdf (482kB) |
The March 2012 Casteel Reporter |
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nffsseminar.pdf (247kB) |
NFFS Foundry Noise Exposure Seminar information |
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february12.pdf (301kB) |
The February 2012 Casteel Reporter |
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december11.pdf (243kB) |
The December 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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forecast2012.pdf (1.3MB) |
The 2012 SFSA Market Forecast as presented at the 2011 Technical & Operating Conference |
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october11.pdf (530kB) |
The October 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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september11.pdf (1.1MB) |
The September 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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july11.pdf (475kB) |
The July 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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june11.pdf (295kB) |
The June 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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april11.pdf (438kB) |
The April 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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march11.pdf (1.3MB) |
The March 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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january11.pdf (442kB) |
The January 2011 Casteel Reporter |
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november10.pdf (475kB) |
The November 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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october10.pdf (770kB) |
The October 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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august10.pdf (483kB) |
The August 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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201008eqp.pdf (37kB) |
Equipment available |
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july10.pdf (688kB) |
The July 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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SFSA Directory Information Form.pdf (180kB) |
The form used to update foundry listings in the Directory of Steel Foundries |
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june10.pdf (770kB) |
The June 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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may10.pdf (545kB) |
The May 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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march10.pdf (651kB) |
The March 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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february10.pdf (451kB) |
The February 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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january10.pdf (410kB) |
The January 2010 Casteel Reporter |
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FR74-209 CO2.pdf (573kB) |
CO2 Emissions reporting rule |
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Combustible Dust FR ANPR 10-21-09.pdf (319kB) |
Federal Register notice seeking input on development of a standard for combustible dust |
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december09.pdf (352kB) |
The December 2009 Casteel Reporter including graphs and attachments |
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toptenoshaviolations09.pdf (29kB) |
Top Ten OSHA Violations |
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october09.pdf (1.3MB) |
The October 2009 Casteel Reporter |
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steelbus1009.pdf (236kB) |
Business report and market trend graphs |
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september09.pdf (464kB) |
The September 2009 Casteel Reporter |
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MagmaSoft Tax Credit.pdf (112kB) |
MAGMATIMES article on Federal Research & Experimentation tax credit. |
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august09.pdf (1,008kB) |
The August 2009 Casteel Reporter |
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MIEEE.pdf (644kB) |
Midwest Industrial Energy Efficiency Exchange information |
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july09.pdf (896kB) |
The July 2009 Casteel Reporter |
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FEF CIC Ad 2009.pdf (532kB) |
Foundry Educational Foundation College Industry Conference |
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april09.pdf (868kB) |
The April 2009 Casteel Reporter |
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march09.pdf (924kB) |
The March 2009 Casteel Reporter |
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february09.pdf (1.2MB) |
The February 2009 Casteel Reporter including business trend information, graphs and attachments. |
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steelgurujan2009.pdf (744kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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yrc0209.pdf (756kB) |
SFSA's Yellow Freight and Roadway discount program. |
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january09.pdf (1.3MB) |
The January 2009 Casteel Reporter including business trend information, graphs and attachments. |
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Company FMLA policy (federal).pdf (304kB) |
Federal FMLA Policy. |
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employee under fmla.pdf (104kB) |
U.S. Department of Labor poster on Employee Rights and Responsibilities under FMLA. |
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Certification of Illness or Injury to a Covered Service Memb.pdf (188kB) |
FMLA Leave Certification of Serious Illness or Injury for a Covered Service Member. |
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october08.pdf (140kB) |
The September 2008 Casteel Reporter including business trend information and graphs and attachments. |
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steelguruoct2008.pdf (636kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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september08.pdf (272kB) |
The September 2008 Casteel Reporter. |
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steelbus0908.pdf (180kB) |
Business trend numbers and graphs only. |
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steelgurusep2008.pdf (76kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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august08.pdf (644kB) |
The August 2008 Casteel Reporter |
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steelbus0808.pdf (396kB) |
Business trend numbers and graphs only. |
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steelguruaug2008.pdf (376kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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july08.pdf (408kB) |
The July 2008 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurujul2008.pdf (244kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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ITAR-Info.pdf (268kB) |
Part 121 - The United States Munitions List |
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ITAR-Info-Violation.pdf (92kB) |
Part 127 - Violations and Penalties |
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DEEDGrantApp053006.pdf (108kB) |
Demonstation of Energy-Efficient Developments grant application. To be submitted by the utility company. |
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DEED-Members.pdf (80kB) |
Utility companies participating in the DEED program. |
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june08.pdf (64kB) |
The June 2008 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurujune2008.pdf (80kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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may08.pdf (64kB) |
The May 2008 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurumay2008.pdf (92kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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april08.pdf (200kB) |
The April 2008 Casteel Reporter including business trend information, graphs and attachments. |
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steelbus0408.pdf (28kB) |
Business trend numbers and graphs only. |
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steelguruapr2008.pdf (84kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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march08.pdf (124kB) |
The March 2008 Casteel Reporter including business trend information, graphs and attachments. |
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steelgurumar2008.pdf (96kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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MoldThickness2.pdf (56kB) |
Calculation of Minimum Mold Thickness in Steel Casting - Jacob Thole, Dr. Christoph Beckermann, University of Iowa. |
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february08.pdf (736kB) |
The February 2008 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurufeb2008.pdf (88kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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january08.pdf (880kB) |
The January 2008 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurujan2008.pdf (208kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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AFSAreaSourceSummary.pdf (128kB) |
AFS Summary of the EPA Area Source Rule. |
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FR-AreaSourceFinal.pdf (524kB) |
40 CFR Part 63 - EPA National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Iron and Steel Foundries Area Sources; Final Rule |
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november07.pdf (448kB) |
The November 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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futureleaders1107.pdf (96kB) |
Future steel foundry industry leaders meeting notice. |
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eqp-auction1207.pdf (96kB) |
Equipment available - auction ends Dec. 6 2007 |
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october07.pdf (240kB) |
The October 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelguruoct2007.pdf (188kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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ofr2007-1257.pdf (4.7MB) |
Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, and steel price drivers. US Geological Survey |
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september07.pdf (64kB) |
The September 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurusep2007.pdf (72kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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Docket2007N-0330.pdf (12kB) |
Docket 2007N-0330 Presidential Interagency Working Group on Public Safety (Import Safety) |
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fr17se07P.pdf (224kB) |
Proposed EPA Area Source Rule for Iron and Steel Foundries |
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august07.pdf (36kB) |
The August 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelguruaug2007.pdf (112kB) |
Steel market condition information. |
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IEEE Workshop1007.pdf (28kB) |
IEEE Industrial Energy Efficiency Workshop information |
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july07.pdf (55kB) |
The July 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurujul2007.pdf (96kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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june07.pdf (64kB) |
The June 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurujune2007.pdf (44kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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may07.pdf (92kB) |
The May 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurumay2007.pdf (88kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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finemanbio.pdf (44kB) |
Biography of Howard Fineman, speaker at the 2007 SFSA Annual Meeting |
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SBB Steel Markets.pdf (304kB) |
Steel - Global Impacts to North American Minimill Competitiveness, by Thomas A. Danjczek, President, Steel Manufacturers Association - speaker at the 2007 SFSA Annual Meeting |
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april07.pdf (152kB) |
The April 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelguruapr2007.pdf (380kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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march07.pdf (1.5MB) |
The March 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurumar2007.pdf (240kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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hexcr-fiore.pdf (112kB) |
Information on Hexavalent Chromium |
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february07.pdf (52kB) |
The February 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurufeb2007.pdf (192kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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january07.pdf (56kB) |
The January 2007 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurujan2007.pdf (260kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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december06.pdf (544kB) |
The December 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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internapp.pdf (56kB) |
SFSA Internship sponsorship information and form |
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steelgurudec2006.pdf (220kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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november06.pdf (136kB) |
The November 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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steelgurunov2006.pdf (352kB) |
Steel market condition information |
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october06.pdf (48kB) |
The October 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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september06.pdf (331kB) |
The September 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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august06.pdf (420kB) |
The August 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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steelbus0806.pdf (28kB) |
Industry business numbers and graphs only |
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july06.pdf (660kB) |
The July 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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steelbus0706.pdf (124kB) |
Industry business numbers and graphs only |
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China6-22-2006.pdf (296kB) |
Evaluation of Chinese Economy and Trading Practices |
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Chinese Steel Subsidies Paper.pdf (396kB) |
The China Syndrome: How Subsidies and Government Intervention Created the World's Largest Steel Industry |
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RL32333.pdf (184kB) |
CRS Report for Congress - Steel: Price and Policy Issues. Update June 26, 2006 |
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june06.pdf (132kB) |
The June 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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China tour tentative list-0606.pdf (16kB) |
Tentative list of plants to be visited on the tour of China |
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may06.pdf (540kB) |
The May 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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steelbus0506.pdf (28kB) |
Industry business numbers and graphs only |
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HexCr monitoring.pdf (76kB) |
Exposure Monitoring Guidance for Compliance with the new OSHA Standard fro Hexavalent Chromium |
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KFTA comments.pdf (400kB) |
U.S.-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement: Written Comments Concerning the Probable Economic Effect of Providing Duty-Free Treatment for Imports |
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AMMEX EERE-ITP.pdf (28kB) |
EERE's Industrial Technologies Program: Proven Returns on Federal and Industrial Investments |
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april06.pdf (80kB) |
The April 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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emsguide.pdf (1MB) |
Environmental Management Systems Implementation Guide for the foundry sector, USA EPA |
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AreaSourceUpdate.pdf (168kB) |
Iron & Steel Area Source rule |
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march06.pdf (124kB) |
The March 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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monroe-outlookSpring2006.pdf (756kB) |
Economic outlook presentation given by Raymond Monroe at the SFSA Spring Management Meeting on March 9, 2006 |
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lashinsky-outlook2006.pdf (36kB) |
Economic outlook presentation given by Bernard Lashinsky at the SFSA Spring Management Meeting on March 9, 2006 |
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keramida-annual compliance calendar.pdf (148kB) |
Regulatory Compliance Calendar for Steel Foundries by Keramida |
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keramida-Env Audits.pdf (48kB) |
Environmental Audits in the Primary Metals Sector - Jim Schifo, Keramida |
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keramida-Regulatory Calendar - 2006.pdf (1.1MB) |
Common Environmental Compliance Deadlines - Keramida |
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February06.pdf (496kB) |
The February 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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china exports surge.pdf (20kB) |
China steel exports surge due to domestic overcapacity |
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2005CHINASD_0106.pdf (68kB) |
Chinese Steel Industry - Record Steel Output with Big Decline in Net Imports in 2005 |
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Measurement Error - ISU.pdf (388kB) |
Measurement Error of Visual Casting Surface Inspection - Iowa State University |
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january06.pdf (51kB) |
The January 2006 Casteel Reporter |
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december05.pdf (495kB) |
The December 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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USCCCHINAexec_summ_05.pdf (82kB) |
USCC Executive Summary on China Trade |
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november05.pdf (83kB) |
The November 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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hexcr-nov05.pdf (1,041kB) |
Congressional letters on Hexavalent Chromium |
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october05.pdf (79kB) |
The October 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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rdtaxcredit.pdf (77kB) |
Presentation on the R&D Tax Credit given at the 2004 SFSA Annual Meeting |
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september05special.pdf (15kB) |
Special September 2005 Casteel Reporter about the possible impact of a natural disaster on the steel casting industry |
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september05.pdf (81kB) |
The september 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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testbars.pdf (1,043kB) |
"Test Coupons and Casting Quality" and "Mechanical Properties of Test Bars Compared to Castings" |
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august05.pdf (455kB) |
The August 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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MoriciSteelPrices.pdf (62kB) |
Manufacturing and Steel Prices, by Peter Morici, February 2005 |
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China prices 7-2005.pdf (385kB) |
Prices of Castings, Foundry Raw and Auxiliary Materials in Some Regions of China |
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pub3771.pdf (3,110kB) |
US ITC Publication 3771, Foundry Products: Competitive Conditions in the U.S. Market |
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july05.pdf (70kB) |
The July 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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WFO2005 Paper.pdf (305kB) |
World Foundry Organization paper on the last 20 years of steel casting research |
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june05.pdf (54kB) |
The June 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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SFIC Washington Forum OSHA.ppt (164kB) |
Presentation on OSHA Proposed PEL for Hexavalent Chrome, in PowerPoint format |
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SFIC Washington Forum OSHA.pdf (453kB) |
Presentation on OSHA Proposed PEL for Hexavalent Chrome, in PDF format |
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may05.pdf (197kB) |
The May 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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MACT-Scrap.pdf (159kB) |
Amendments to the Scrap metal and Inspection provisions of the Iron and Steel Foundry MACT |
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april05.pdf (115kB) |
The April 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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IntlTradeEvents.pdf (38kB) |
International Trade Events |
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equipment0405.pdf (49kB) |
Equipment Available |
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march05.pdf (590kB) |
The March 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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february05.pdf (624kB) |
The February 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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january05.pdf (483kB) |
The January 2005 Casteel Reporter |
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afs-gac.pdf (568kB) |
AFS Government Affairs Conference Information |
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december04.pdf (292kB) |
The December 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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november04.pdf (445kB) |
The November 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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october04.pdf (223kB) |
The October 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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september04.pdf (489kB) |
The September 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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august04.pdf (414kB) |
The August 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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antitrust.pdf (59kB) |
General Rules of Antitrust Compliance & Antitrust Policy Statement of Steel Founders' Society of America |
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july04.pdf (278kB) |
The July 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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june04.pdf (242kB) |
The June 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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may04.pdf (840kB) |
The May 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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Nolan_Dollars.pdf (6,013kB) |
Dollars and "Sense" presentation by John Nolan, Vice President, Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
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Nolan_Dollars_Sequel.pdf (3,103kB) |
Dollars and "Sense" "The Sequel" presentation by John Nolan, Vice President, Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
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april04.pdf (333kB) |
The April 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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march04.pdf (428kB) |
The March 2004 Casteel Reporter |
| Due to our office move, the February 2004 Casteel Reporter was not produced. | |
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january04.pdf
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The January 2004 Casteel Reporter |
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december03.pdf (522kB) |
The December 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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november03.pdf (253kB) |
The November 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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october03.pdf (232kB) |
The October 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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september03.pdf (322kB) |
The September 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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august03.pdf (219kB) |
The August 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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july03.pdf (550kB) |
The July 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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june03.pdf (175kB) |
The June 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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may03.pdf (175kB) |
The May 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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april03.pdf (277kB) |
The April 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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march03.pdf (377kB) |
The March 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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february03.pdf (256kB) |
The February 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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january03.pdf (266kB) |
The January 2003 Casteel Reporter |
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december02.pdf (500kB) |
The December 2002 Casteel Reporter |
| Due to circumstances beyond our control, the November 2002 Casteel Reporter is not available online. | |
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october02.pdf (204kB) |
The October 2002 Casteel Reporter |
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september02.pdf (251kB) |
The September 2002 Casteel Reporter |
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august02.pdf (159kB) |
The August 2002 Casteel Reporter |
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june02.pdf (324kB) |
The June 2002 Casteel Reporter |
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may02.pdf (497kB) |
The May 2002 Casteel Reporter |
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april02.pdf (518kB) |
The April 2002 Casteel Reporter |
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march02.pdf (255kB) |
The March 2002 Casteel Reporter |
