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    December 21, 2023

    Holiday Notice: Christmas and New Year

    Written by Michael Cowden

    Steel Market Update plans to take some time off for Christmas and the New Year holiday.

    Our last issue of 2023 will be published on Thursday, Dec. 21. Our offices will be closed the week of Dec. 25-29 and on Monday, Jan. 2. In addition, we will not update prices on Tuesday, Dec. 26.

    We will resume our regular publication schedule, as well as our regular pricing, on Tuesday, Jan. 2.

    We appreciate your business, and wish all the best to you and yours this holiday season.

    Michael Cowden

    Michael Cowden is editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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