Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
May 16, 2014
On Monday we will begin our next flat rolled steel market analysis. We will be sending out approximately 600 invitations to participate in our survey. If you receive an invitation please click on the link contained in the message and spend a few minutes responding to our inquiries.
The ArcelorMittal Cleveland C-5 blast furnace is supposed to come back online this week. We also expect to see improvements out of Great Lakes as their steelmaking operations started up on Tuesday of this past week. It normally takes anywhere from a few days to up to a couple of weeks to get furnaces and the BOP back up and running efficiently.
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