Feeling the Heat | July’s Scrap Market
Historically ferrous scrap prices are soft in July and this year is no exception. Chicago’s ferrous scrap market settled down $10 per gross ton on cut grades a ...
Covid-19 Blur – Where Did The First Half Of 2020 Go?
Entering 2020, what everyone thought was light at the end of the tunnel, was really an oncoming train. No one could have predicted the impact Covid-19 would ha ...
BL Duke Named Finalist for Fastmarkets AMM & Crain’s Fast 50 2019
B.L. Duke is pleased to announce that they have once again been named a finalist for Fastmarkets AMM Awards for Steel Excellence in the Scrap Metal Company of t ...
Trim Market Risk by Hedging with B.L. Duke
Would you be interested in locking in your scrap price for anywhere from one to twelve months in the future? If so, B.L. Duke can now offer you a fixed price wi ...
Barges and Futures and Scrap, Oh My – AMM Conference Recap
There are always many topics of interest we focus on in the Scrap Metal Industry; China, tariffs, scrap exports to Turkey, logistics, ferrous scrap futures to n ...
Bridging the Gap Between Mills and End Users
Summer 2018 has been extremely busy with the opening of our NEW stevedoring and storage subsidiary, B.L. Duke River Terminal (BLDRT). Located on the Des Plaines ...
Crain’s Chicago Fast Fifty Companies For 2018
We’re more than excited to announce B.L. Duke was recognized as one of Crain’s Fast Fifty Companies for 2018! Each year, Crain’s releases its Fast Fifty list, w ...
B.L. Duke Announces New Stevedoring Division – B.L. Duke River Transport
We couldn't be more excited to announce the launch of our new wholly owned subsidiary, B.L. Duke River Terminal. Our new division will focus on stevedori ...
B.L. Duke Named AMM 2018 Scrap Company of the Year Finalist
We here at B.L. Duke are pleased to announce that we have been named a finalist for the 2018 American Metal Market’s Steel Excellence Awards in the Scrap Metal ...
2018 Economic Outlook
I attended the Precision Metalforming Association’s(PMA) 2018 Economic Outlook presentation by William A. Strauss on February 23, 2018. William is a Senior Econ ...