No longer: The walls, the ceilings, even the wet bar are honed from gleaming, hand-hammered stainless steel stretching across 1, 350 square feet.

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James and his welders machined, riveted and hammered 18-gauge steel and razor-thin aluminum into a space-age-looking vehicle, applying some of the same construction methods Airstream uses in its shiny luxury trailers.

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Fifteen-metre long steel tubes are being hammered into the seabed to form foundations for Weymouth harbour wall.

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The industrial sector in Brazil especially steel companies like Gerdau (GGB) have been hammered because of the dual problems of a strong currency and a global oversupply of steel.

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Revenue and earnings were hammered by the recession, as usage of steel by automakers and in the construction industry plummeted, and competition from China increased.

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