Tube City IMS, LLC provides on-site industrial steel mill services for steelmakers worldwide. The company provides raw material brokerage, including buying and selling scrap and scrap substitutes, such as ferrous and nonferrous scrap; iron ore; coke; and scrap-related commodities, such as pig iron, hot briquetted iron, direct reduced iron, and other steel making by-products. It also provides scrap management services, including scrap optimization, inventory management, and scrap processing; scrap optimization software programs; slag handling and processing; metal recovery services; and slag handling and processing for road construction, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, cement, railways ballast, mining, filtration, and agriculture applications. In addition, the company provides ABS Software, an alloy blending system software package that allows customers to create value within their melting operations; product handling services, including slab handling, pallet carrier service, plate handling, and overhead cranes for finished products; railcar dismantling and parts reclamation; and specialized services, such as road maintenance and dust control, refractory removal services, mobile mill equipment maintenance management, and railroad services. Further, it provides logistics management; industrial cleaning services; surface conditioning services for steel slabs; and blast furnace services, including cast house, tuyere/cooler removal, and vacuum services for steel mills. Tube City IMS, LLC was formerly known as Tube City, LLC and changed its name to Tube City IMS, LLC in December 2004. The company was founded in 1926 and is based in Glassport, Pennsylvania. It has brokerages offices in various countries. As of December 21, 2004, Tube City IMS, LLC operates as a subsidiary of TMS International Corp.