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Industry Report Card: The U.S. Metals And Mining Sector's Slow Recovery Jul 10

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As demand and business conditions for the U.S. metals and mining sector gradually recover, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services expects credit quality to continue to improve--albeit slowly. In our opinion, pricing and demand should support better credit profiles in 2010 for most companies, particularly when compared to their very weak performance in the first half of 2009. However, demand and pricing are unlikely to bounce back to the lofty levels of the first half of 2008 in the next year or so, and the recovery is likely to be uneven across the sector. But inventories are still low, pricing has been relatively strong, utilization rates have improved, and sales volumes have increased. As a result, rating activity has been mostly...

Standard and Poors RatingsXpress Credit Research provides in-depth coverage of international corporates, financial institutions, insurance companies, utilities, sovereigns and structured finance programs. RatingsXpress Credit Research lets users determine the credit rating of holdings and identify key factors underlying an issuer's creditworthiness, distinguishes the different risk exposures for new and existing deals, and provides an understanding of how their analysts interpret key regulatory, political and environmental events and their economic impact.

Research Type: Commentary
Criteria articles describe the thought process and methodology Standard & Poor's analysts use in determining ratings. These commentary pieces discuss both the quantitative (economic and financial) and qualitative (business analysis and caliber of management) aspects of the analysis, as well as legal issues.
Companies Mentioned
- Alcoa Inc.
- Carpenter Technology Corp.
- Newmont Mining Corp.
- Nucor Corp.
- Worthington Industries Inc.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
- Commercial Metals Co.
- Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.
- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
- Consol Energy Inc.
- Drummond Co. Inc.
- AK Steel Holding Corp.
- GrafTech International Ltd.
- International Wire Group Inc.
- Ryerson Inc.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc.
- Steel Dynamics Inc.
- Metals USA Inc.
- USEC Inc.
- Peabody Energy Corp.
- Arch Coal Inc.
- California Steel Industries Inc.
- Stillwater Mining Co.
- Massey Energy Co.
- Century Aluminum Co.
- United States Steel Corp.
- James River Coal Co.
- Walter Energy Inc.
- Compass Minerals International Inc.
- Wise Metals Group LLC
- Alpha Natural Resources Inc.
- International Coal Group LLC
- Murray Energy Corp.
- Edgen Murray Corp.
- WireCo WorldGroup Inc.
- Tube City IMS Corp.
- Continental Alloys & Services Inc.
- JMC Steel Group Inc.
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
- Metals USA Holdings Corp.
- McJunkin Red Man Corp.
- Oxbow Carbon LLC
- Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.
- U.S. Silica Co.
- Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC
- Ryerson Holding Corp.
- Patriot Coal Corp.
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