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Holiday notice: Labor Day
August 29, 2025
Steel Market Update will be taking time off in observance of Labor Day.
We will not publish our Executive issue on Sunday, Aug. 31, and our offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 1.
We will resume our regular publication schedule on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Our weekly pricing service will not be impacted.
We wish all our readers a safe and enjoyable Labor Day.
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Another record-breaking SMU Steel Summit is in the books. Thanks to all of you – attendees, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors – for making it possible it in what has been an uncertain year for steel.