Fast-Rising Steel Prices Set Back Big Projects

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Relentless increases in the price of steel are halting or slowing major construction projects world-wide and investments in shipbuilding and oil-and-gas exploration, setting the stage for a potential backlash against steelmakers.

Source: Wall Street Journal

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