possible market share‚ and to increase it further‚ it would have required additional price cut. So‚ the option with the firm was to expand its operation in the segment of specialty steel segment‚ which is typical mini mill product line. The alternative was to increase beam size capacity and directly challenge large integrated steel companies. Due to constraint of the rating of available rolling mill‚ it could make only small section beam. Manufacturing of medium and large section beams needed higher capacity
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restricted to iron or products made from it .Iron is easily prone to rusting making its surface rough. Chemically‚ rust is a hydrated ferric oxide Titanic‘s bow exhibiting microbial corrosion damage in the form of ‘rusticles’ Rusting an Electrochemical Mechanism ; Rusting may be explained by an electrochemical mechanism. In the presence of moist air containing dissolved oxygen or carbon dioxide‚ the commercial iron behave as if composed of small electrical cells. At anode of cell‚ iron passes into
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Nucor Steel Case Analysis Questions 1. Do a five-forces (Porter) analysis of the competitive forces impacting the U.S. Steel industry. Does your analysis support Nucor’s current basic business model? The competitive forces impacting the U.S. Steel industry are that the buyers have the majority of the bargaining power‚ there are only a few suppliers‚ the internal rivalry is intense because of the price wars and lack of differentiated products‚ there aren’t any substitutes for steel‚ and there
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Q.1: what did Churchill mean in May 1945 by the term “Iron Curtain”? A.1: When Churchill stated “An Iron Curtain is being drawn upon their front.” He means that during 1945 when the war was over‚ he was talking about an imaginary line drawn between communism in the East and the democratic governments in the West. This was to prevent more fighting over the systems; Churchill knew that the Soviet Union were dangerous. Churchill wanted the allies to get to Berlin and take it before the Russians would
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Discuss three problems faced by international students in the UK. Suggest and evaluate possible solutions to these problems. International study is a very common thing nowadays ‚ students tend to study abroad for different reasons. The United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) are the most popular countries where students prefer to study. Lebcir‚ Wells and Bond (2008) claim that ’International students constitute an important part of university life in the United Kingdom (UK).Most universities
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above complex approach actually worked‚ over these four years? What was the outlook (as of the case date) for further progress in this matter? In 1975 Chaparral Steel commissioned minimill and started production. Minimills are different from traditional integrated steel plants. In minimill an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) is used for steel making purpose and in downstream long product is made using rolling mill. The advantage of minimill is it requires less capital investment and a good solution when
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org/content/suppl/2006/06/08/M603876200.DC1.html THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY VOL. 281‚ NO. 32‚ pp. 22865–22874‚ August 11‚ 2006 © 2006 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology‚ Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. Iron Regulation and the Cell Cycle IDENTIFICATION OF AN IRON-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT IN THE 3 -UNTRANSLATED REGION OF HUMAN CELL DIVISION CYCLE 14A mRNA BY A REFINED MICROARRAY-BASED SCREENING STRATEGY *□ S Received for publication‚ April 24‚ 2006‚ and in revised form‚ May 24‚ 2006
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EXAMPLES‚ CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS FACED BY SOCIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE AND INDICATE HOW SUCH PROBLEMS CAN BE REDUCED OR ALLEVIATED. This essay is aimed at critically discussing the problems faced by sociology as a science and indicating how such problems can be reduced or alleviated. In order to answer the question at hand‚ the definitions of sociology‚ science and alleviate will be provided. Then the essay will then turn its attention to the difficulties faced by sociology‚ there after ways of
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Iron plays a key role in maintaining the body. It is used in the production of hemoglobin‚ a protein found in red blood cells‚ which transports oxygen to muscles and tissues throughout the body. On the other hand‚ too much iron is detrimental and can cause various significant diseases. C282Y and H63D are mutations found on the HFE gene and are the major cause of inherited iron overload (hereditary hemochromatosis). As a result‚ iron regulation is disrupted and too much iron is absorbed from a strong
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I. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the Steel Industry & Firm Level capabilities analysis 1. Competition from substitutes Increasing substitutes in the form of plastics‚ aluminum and advanced composites. 2. Threat of Entry High barriers to entry in the integrated mill segment. However‚ with the mini-mills‚ the barriers are being lowered due to lower costs (a tenth of those in the integrated mills per ton of steel produced). 3. Competition from rivals Highly competitive since products are
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