The growing strength of steel

The growing strength of steel - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.

Steel prices have been soaring, but will they continue to do so? Or are we about to see this industrial metal lose some of its shine?

Something very strange is going on, says the Daily Mail. All over Britain manhole covers are going missing. Last month 44 disappeared overnight in Surrey. And in February Cambridge County council announced the loss of 150. And it's not just in the UK. Shanghai has lost 1,826 covers this year, says The Daily Telegraph. What's going on?

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