John Surma Quotes (5 Quotes)

This 50 percent increase in our quarterly dividend rate, the third increase since the beginning of 2005, reflects our confidence about our financial outlook and our commitment to increasing shareholder value.

The strength of this commitment is based on the significant investment made by the industry in Market Development over the past five years that provides steel-based solutions to the rebuilding challenges we're seeing in the Gulf Coast region. The 1.1 million funding for the Gulf Coast Steel Initiative is in addition to more than 7 million already contributed to the disaster relief effort by North American steel companies on an individual basis.

We had a strong first quarter with results significantly improved from the previous quarter, reflecting robust demand and continued firm prices across all business units.

I think it is in our interest to continue that process.

So we have no problem with imports. Our position is what it's always been, we're in favor of free trade as long as it's fair trade, whether it involves our NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) colleagues or any others around the world. So we're committed to maintaining full trade law enforcement.