Steel Products
First SMU Community Chat Webinar at 11 AM ET on Wednesday, April 8
Written by John Packard
April 7, 2020
John Packard of Steel Market Update and Josh Spoores, Principal Analyst and Editor of the Steel Sheet Monitor for CRU, are hosting a webinar tomorrow. Spoores will discuss the CRU steel forecast for 2020-2021, if mill reductions are enough to adjust to forecast demand and, if time permits, maybe a few comments on the HRC price index.
Details are as follows:
Steel Market Update will host our first “community chat” webinar this Wednesday, April 8, at 11:00 AM ET. The webinar is scheduled to be 30 to a max of 45 minutes in duration.
The webinar is available to the first 1,000 people to register. You do not have to be an SMU member to join the webinar.
The webinar is free.
You are invited to the SMU Zoom webinar.
When: April 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Topic: SMU Community Chat Webinar: 2020-2021 Steel Forecast w/Josh Spoores CRU
We will also discuss the recent adjustments in mill production and if the reductions are in line with the CRU forecast.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kRmOPpJeTam_JB3NeLs_Eg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information/link to join the webinar.
If you have questions for Josh Spoores of CRU or John Packard of SMU, please send them to: Info@SteelMarketUpdate.com
There is also a Q&A feature in the webinar and a polling question. Because of the short duration of the call, Q&A may be limited.
We are recording the call and making it available to those who are unable to attend at 11 AM ET (10 CT, 9 MT and 8 PT).
John Packard
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