Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
July 15, 2015
So, just when you think everything is going along very smoothly somebody or something throws you a curve. In business you should be used used to it, you should expect them. we had one thrown at us on Tuesday and Wednesday when an upgrade we were making to our software unexpectedly impacted our Steel Summit registration system. Nice timing. Just as our early bird discount was about to expire customers weren’t able to register.
To make up for the blip in the system (which has been corrected) we have extended our early bird registration period until the end of business on Tuesday, July 21st.
A note about the ITC commissioners vote – when speaking with attorney Lewis Leibowitz this evening (he is quoted in the ITC article in tonight’s issue) – he mentioned that critical circumstances does not appear to be on the table. Trading companies should confer with their attorneys.
As always your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, Publisher
John Packard
Read more from John PackardLatest in Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Yesterday’s tragedy and loss of life at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Works is a stark reminder of how important safety in the workplace really is.
Final Thoughts
What are our scrap survey participants saying about the market?
Final Thoughts: Pig iron ‘sideways’
What the word "sideways" means can depend on where you sit on the procurement spectrum.
Final Thoughts: Happy birthday SMU
Steel Market Update is proud to celebrate its 17th birthday this month.
Final Thoughts
We’re in the dog days of summer, and the question is whether the market will improve as lead times stretch into September. Your answer to that question might depend on where you are in the supply chain. And producers, it seems to me, are a lot more optimistic than consumers at the moment.