Service Center Inventories
SMU surveys key data providers each month to gather the latest information on steel sheet and plate inventories.
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Explore our proprietary steel market insights. Key features include service center inventories, flat rolled lead times, steel buyers’ sentiment indices, mill negotiation rates, and more. Access everything you need to track market momentum and make informed decisions
Survey derived insights
Access SMU’s proprietary mill lead times, negotiation rates, steel buyers’ sentiment indices, and more. The data comes from SMU’s surveys, which have been helping our subscribers keep their finger on the pulse of the steel market for more than a decade
Service center inventory and shipment data
Stay on top of the sheet and plate markets with SMU’s monthly service center shipment and inventory reports. When you know how you stack up against your peers, you can better manage your own stocks
Flat-Rolled Lead Times
Active steel buyers provide sheet and plate mill lead times. Members can track pricing trends and explore historical data.
Steel Buyers’ Sentiment
Track how steel buyers and sellers feel about their company’s prospects today and in the next 3-6 months.
Mill Spot Price Negotiations
We survey active steel buyers on pricing plans for domestic sheet and plate; results reveal shifting spot trends.
Overall Demand
Track steel demand across the supply chain and whether buyers report it as improving, steady, or declining.
Latest news
Plate sources eye imports, cite domestic supply concerns
Plate sources say they’re welcoming imports as domestic mill delivery delays, extended lead times, and climbing prices make fully adopting US-produced plate products unrealistic.
AMU: Pace closes Harrison die casting plant, removing source of casting capacity and scrap
Pace Industries plans to close its die casting facility in Arkansas., eliminating about 178 jobs and removing a sizable aluminum and zinc casting operation from the regional supply chain.
Oil and gas drilling slows in Canada, ticks higher in US
Oil and gas drilling continued to slow in Canada but remained steady in the US this past week.
Price gap between US CR, most imports narrows
Cold-rolled (CR) coil prices ticked up in the US this week, matching a similar trend seen in most offshore markets as well.
Ferrous scrap market chatter this month
Market participant comments from this month’s SMU Ferrous Scrap Survey.
Oregon Steel and SSAB aim to push plate prices higher
Oregon Steel Mills and SSAB Americas announced higher plate prices to close out the week.
SMU Scrap Survey: Current Sentiment ticks up, Future Sentiment flat
SMU’s Current Sentiment Index for scrap inched up in March, according to the latest data from our ferrous scrap survey. Meanwhile, the Future Sentiment Index remained locked at the same level for the fourth consecutive month.
Mexico suspends import activity for 350 steel companies, begins bilateral USMCA talks with US
Mexico’s Secretary of Economy is conducting ‘Operation Clean-Up,” inspecting suspicious steel companies to verify compliance with rules of origin.
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