For the week ending February 4, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,723,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.7 percent decrease over the previous week but a 3.5 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) recently reported final U.S. raw steel production estimates for the month of December 2016. The monthly estimates are different than the weekly estimates we report in our Tuesday issues; the AISI bases the monthly estimates on over 75 percent of the domestic mills reporting vs. only 50 percent […]
According to Baker Hughes data from February 3, 2017, the U.S rig count for the week was 729 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 17 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs up 17 to 583 rigs, gas rigs unchanged at 145 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the twelfth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]
For the week ending January 28, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,736,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.9 percent increase over the previous week and a 8.0 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
According to Baker Hughes data from January 27, 2017, the U.S rig count for the week was 712 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 18 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs up 15 to 566 rigs, gas rigs up 3 to 145 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged […]
The following calculation is used by Steel Market Update to identify the theoretical spread between foreign hot rolled steel export prices and domestic (USA) hot rolled coil prices. We want our readers to note that we have made a decision to replace SteelBenchmarker as the primary data provider of foreign hot rolled coil prices. We […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the eleventh consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]
For the week ending January 21, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,703,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.8 percent decrease over the previous week but a 6.0 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
Total Canadian steel shipments for all products in December were 289,900 net tons, a decrease of 27.2 percent from the month before but an increase of 6.2 percent from December 2015. Total steel inventories at the end of the month stood at 1,170,600 tons, up 7.6 percent from last month and up 0.4 percent from […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the tenth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]
For the week ending January 14, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,716,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.9 percent increase over the previous week and a 6.8 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
November steel exports totaled 729,391 net tons (661,693 metric tons), down 4.8 percent over October but up 2.4 percent from November 2015. This is the lowest export level seen since December 2015 when 658,362 tons were exported. Total November figures are below the thee month moving average (average of September, October, and November 2016 figures) […]
Below is the latest data release issued by the the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) regarding residential and commercial heating and cooling equipment shipments through November 2016. You may read the press release on their website here. Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for November 2016 increased 16.8 […]
The following calculation is used by Steel Market Update to identify the theoretical spread between foreign hot rolled steel export prices and domestic (USA) hot rolled coil prices. We want our readers to note that we have made a decision to replace SteelBenchmarker as the primary data provider of foreign hot rolled coil prices. We […]
According to the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the American Iron and Steel Institute, apparent steel supply for the month of November 2016 was 8,144,758 net tons. Apparent steel supply is calculated by adding domestic steel shipments and finished US steel imports, then subtracting total US steel exports. November apparent […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the ninth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]
For the week ending January 7, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,684,000 net tons of raw steel, a 5.8 percent increase over the previous week and a 4.8 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
According to Baker Hughes data from January 6, 2017, the U.S rig count for the week was 665 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 7 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs up 4 to 529 rigs, gas rigs up 3 to 135 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged […]
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) recently reported final U.S. raw steel production estimates for the month of November 2016. The monthly estimates are different than the weekly estimates we report in our Tuesday issues; the AISI bases the monthly estimates on over 75 percent of the domestic mills reporting vs. only 50 percent […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the eighth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price as […]
For the week ending December 31, 2016, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,592,000 net tons of raw steel, a 2.7 percent decrease over the previous week but a 7.2 percent increase over the same week one year ago (revised). The estimated capacity utilization rate is 67.1 percent, […]
According to Baker Hughes data from December 30, 2016, the U.S rig count for the week was 658 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 5 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs up 2 to 525 rigs, gas rigs up 3 to 132 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged […]
The following calculation is used by Steel Market Update to identify the theoretical spread between foreign hot rolled export prices and domestic (USA) hot rolled prices. We want our readers to note that we have made a decision to replace SteelBenchmarker as the primary data provider of foreign hot rolled coil prices. We were finding […]
For the week ending December 24, 2016, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,636,000 net tons of raw steel, a 3.4 percent decrease over the previous week but a 10.2 percent increase over the same week one year ago (revised). The estimated capacity utilization rate is 69.0 percent, […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the seventh consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price as […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the sixth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price as […]
For the week ending December 17, 2016, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,694,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.2 percent increase over the previous week and a 14.1 percent increase over the same week one year ago (revised). The estimated capacity utilization rate is 71.4 percent, […]
Canadian shipments for all steel products in the month of November were 398,000 net tons, an increase of 11.6 percent from the month before and an increase of 11.3 percent from November 2015. Inventories at the end of the month stood at 1,087,700 tons, up 0.7 percent from last month but down 5.7 percent from […]
The following calculation is used by Steel Market Update to identify the theoretical spread between foreign hot rolled export prices and domestic (USA) hot rolled prices. We want our readers to note that we have made a decision to replace SteelBenchmarker as the primary data provider of foreign hot rolled coil prices. We were finding […]