Now that I’m taking off the curled, brittle shingles that are losing granules by the minute, I see the roofer used cheaper electroplated galvanized nails, many of which are rusting. When it comes to ...

Q. I’m getting bids on a new roof and some of the roofers want to use a nail gun to install the shingles. Is this a good idea? I’ve also heard stories about inferior galvanized nails that don’t hold ...

L-S Electro-Galvanizing Co., a local joint venture between LTV Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. of Japan that furloughed most of its 100 employees following LTV's decision to suspend ...

The company cited a decline in market demand for electro-galvanized products and a shift toward hot-dip coated technology DEARBORN, Mich.—Steel producer Severstal North America and US Steel have ...