Category: Steel Products

Spot hot rolled (HR) prices continued their gradual decent, losing almost $100 per short ton (ST) in August.

The overall mill negotiation rate slipped this week, though plate jumped, rising by 25 percentage points, according to SMU's most recent survey data.

The drop in imports from June to July was not as steep as license applications had suggested, but imports were still down both month on month (MoM) and year on year (YoY).

Although some construction companies have a backlog, many jobs are getting put on hold, according to members of the Heating, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) Sheet Metal/Air Handling Council.

Nucor broke ground on its newest micro mill in Lexington, N.C., on Friday.

If you attended our Steel Summit 2023 this year, you had the privilege to watch all of our knowledgeable speakers present live.

Leading voices in US the scrap industry discussed the current outlook and future challenges at Steel Summit 2023’s panel on Scrap and Metallics: Navigating the Boom in EAF Sheet Production.

Michigan-based distributor Mill Steel is growing its presence in Ohio.

US raw steel production dropped back down after the previous week's increase, according to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) on Monday, Aug. 28.

Alan Beaulieu, president of ITR Economics, joined us again at Steel Summit to talk about what is on the horizon for 2024.

Steel Summit's trade panel opened the conversation around the ongoing negotiations between the US and EU, decarbonization, and trade.

The US rig count fell for the seventh consecutive week, while Canada's count moved up according to to the latest data from oilfield services company Baker Hughes.

Over the first three months since Flack started contributing a futures column to SMU, the first sentence has started with some version of “What a month!”

BlueScope’s North American earnings dropped in its fiscal year ended June 30 compared with the previous year, primarily on lower Midwest hot-rolled coil (HRC) benchmark prices.

Nucor executive Daniel Needham detailed at this year's Steel Summit what’s on the horizon for the steelmaker as the company continues to diversify.

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, SMU polled steel buyers on a variety of subjects, including steel prices, demand levels, sheet prices abroad, inventory, and what people are talking about in the market. Rather than summarizing the comments we received, we are sharing some of them in each buyer’s own words.

Inventory availability and mortgage rates are a limitation for home buyers as existing home sales fell in July, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

A wide-ranging discussion on the SMU Steel Summit 'Domestic Steel Panel: Investing for the Future' saw executives from leading steel companies debate the likelihood of passing on a surcharge to consumers for products with lower CO2 content.

Though steel prices continue to drop, more buyers are holding off on finalizing transactions.

US steel exports remained elevated during the month of June, staying above the 900,000-ton mark for a second consecutive month.

Metals and electronics recycler Sims Ltd. reported lower earnings in its North America Metal division for its fiscal-year 2023 that ended June 30 due to “falling sales prices and strong domestic competition.”

The LME aluminum 3-month price is unchanged on the morning of August 18 and was last seen trading at $2,144 /t. A rally to an intraday high of $2,186 /t on the 17th proved again to be short-lived as almost all gains were erased by the close. This shows how strong the downward trend that […]

Active rig counts in the US inched down again this week, while Canadian rigs ticked up, according to to the latest data from oilfield services company Baker Hughes

Mexico has decided to implement import tariffs on a number of products, among them, steel.

Mill lead times for most sheet products this week were basically flat compared to SMU's market check two weeks ago. Those for plate shortened once again.

The spread US hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices had held over offshore product for much of the year has almost evaporated, according to SMU’s latest foreign vs. domestic price analysis.

The mill negotiation rate was mixed this week for sheet products but relatively level, while the rate for plate jumped over 15 percentage points from two weeks earlier, according to SMU’s most recent survey data.

Over the last month, SMU columns have referenced significant fluctuations in the Hot Rolled Coil Futures market as participants sift through the impact of several events, including some that are yet to be resolved.

Manufacturing activity decreased in New York state in August, according to the most recent Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

ArcelorMittal is considering throwing its hat into the ring as a potential suitor for U.S. Steel, according to an article in Reuters on Wednesday.