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SEC documents also name Trump specifically as having veto power certain decisions are part of the “Golden Share” provision.

Go beyond the classroom with a behind-the-scenes mill tour at SMU’s next Steel 101 – an immersive, expert-led introduction to steel production and market dynamics.

SMU Steel Summit 2025 will be here before you know it. Be sure to register!

After last year’s historic turnout, the buzz around SMU’s Steel Summit 2025 is picking up. So, it’s no surprise room blocks are going quick, and I mean FAST. Get ready for another blockbuster event! This year’s meeting of the North American flat-rolled steel industry is shaping up to be another record-setting gathering with a timely […]

Steel Market Update will be taking time off in observance of Thanksgiving.

Dan Needham has been with Nucor for 24 years, and he said the key to that longevity has been the company’s culture.

Leading industry analysts on Monday discussed steel prices and how they will be impacted by trade policy, consolidation, mill discipline, November’s elections, and more.

Whether as a guitar player in a rock and roll band or as a high-powered executive at Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), it’s all about the team for SDI’s Barry Schneider.

We’re less than a week off from the official start of summer, and anticipation leading up to SMU’s Steel Summit 2024 is already heating up.

Now that June has arrived, the official countdown until SMU’s Steel Summit 2024 – North America’s premier flat-rolled steel conference – has begun. If you haven’t already registered, don’t delay. More than 700 attendees from more than 300 companies have already registered to be in Atlanta this August. In short, it’s poised to be another […]

We’re just a few months away from SMU’s Steel Summit 2024 – North America’s premier flat-rolled steel conference.

Estelle Tran, prices lead at CRU, Michael Cowden, managing editor at SMU and Josh Spoores, principal analyst at CRU, will be the featured speakers on a special CRU webinar. It will take place on Thursday, March 21, at 10 a.m. ET. You can learn more and register here.

The 35th Annual Tampa Steel Conference starts in just a few days. As one of the premier domestic steel conferences, it’s the perfect way to kick off 2024. It’s not too late to register if you haven’t already done so, but make sure to book now!

We’re just a week away from the 35th annual Tampa Steel Conference! It’s one of the premier domestic steel conferences and the first can’t-miss event of 2024. If you haven’t already registered, there is still time but make sure to book now!

We’re just two weeks away from the 35th annual Tampa Steel Conference! It’s not too late to register.

We only have three weeks left until the Tampa Steel Conference! If you haven’t already registered, there is still time, but the clock is winding down! The event runs from Sunday-Tuesday, Jan. 28-30, at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street hotel. You can learn more about the agenda, explore networking opportunities, and register here. Visiting Tampa is […]

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

While you gear up for the holidays, don’t forget that the 2024 Tampa Steel Conference is just a little over a month away. One of the premier steel conferences in the US, it will be a great complement to our record-breaking SMU Steel Summit this past August.

The 2024 Tampa Steel Conference is coming up soon after the kickoff of 2024. One of the premier steel conferences in the US, it will be a great complement to our record-breaking SMU Steel Summit this past August.

The 2024 Tampa Steel Conference is less than two months away. It is one of the premier domestic steel conferences and a great compliment to our record-breaking SMU Steel Summit this past August.

Tom Conway, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW) union since 2019, has died at age 71.

Steel Market Update will be taking time off in observance of Labor Day.

Will there be a recession in 2023? Steel Summit keynote speaker Gene Marks weighed in on what he thinks about the possibility of a recession.

Flack Global Metals’ Daniel Doderer was the recipient of the 2023 SMU NexGen Leadership Award.

Leaders of the NexGen Metals Community kicked off this year’s Steel Summit discussing ways the steel industry can recruit and retain new talent.

Here’s the program for the final day of SMU's Steel Summit on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta.

If you haven’t already registered, there’s still time to join the more than 1,300 attendees from over 500 companies that will be in Atlanta for Summit.

The founder of Hascall Steel, Wayne Charles Hascall, passed away on July 29 at the age of 88. Hascall was a loving husband, father, brother, and grandfather. He also served his country as a proud member of the United States Marine Corps.

In the early 1980s I moved from Minnesota to Marietta, Ga., to join Pacesetter Steel. It was an exciting time for the steel industry. New service centers were popping up all over the country. The companies started by the Leebow brothers – Pacesetter and Majestic Steel – were dynamic organizations providing opportunities to new people […]

Occasionally, a story jolts you awake. You realize how much things have changed—once, a pro-trade remark from a senior government official was routine. Now, it is remarkable. Last week the President’s Export Council (PEC), an advisory group currently chaired by Mark Ein of Kastle Systems, met for the first time since the Obama administration. The […]