Tampa Steel Conference: Omnisource, Strategic Resources on raw materials, trade and scrap

At the Tampa Steel Conference on Thursday, SMU’s Ethan Bernard moderated a panel of two major players in the ferrous raw material industry. They met to discuss their endeavors to create value in their respective segments of the overall market.

The participants were Matt Bell, president of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Omnisource, and Sean Cleary, CEO of Montreal-based Strategic Resources.

Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller started his career in the scrap metal industry in 1978 at Luria Brothers in Cleveland. Over the last 40-plus years, he has worked in all capacities in the trading business. He has had positions in both domestic and international scrap trading. In addition to scrap, Miller was at the forefront of the pig iron trade and established a pig iron distribution company under the name of Ferrosource, Inc. Most recently, Miller has concentrated on the scrap export market and regularly does consulting for several companies in the industry.