Faster help on imports for steel industry.

Byline:Alan Kovski

A new steel industry monitoring scheme in the works at the Department of Commerce (DOC) is likely to help flatten out some of the steel supply peaks and price troughs caused by import surges.

Within a year, the DOC plans to speed up and expand the information it collects on the industry, particularly on imports. That will help the industry respond faster to import surges and will help the government carry through another of its promises"moving more quickly to open discussions with exporter nations on curbing imports and to negotiate volunt