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
Final Thoughts: SMU’s June scrap survey
We provide a sneak peek at this month’s SMU Scrap Survey, with insights on tariffs, pricing, and demand.
The gap between US HR prices, imports keeps narrowing
The price gap between US hot-rolled coil (HR) and landed offshore product continues to narrow toward parity.
Steel market chatter this week
Steel market chatter this week: Buyers predict prices to continue rising from here, report steady to improving demand, and most see tariffs as unhelpful.
Scrap market trading sideways for June
The US domestic ferrous scrap market started to form on Thursday.
CSPA: One-year of US tariff increases mark ‘unfortunate milestone’
Catherine Cobden, President and CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) called the past year’s 50% tariff imposed on Canada’s steel exports to the US ‘severe and unsustainable.’
Beige Book shows broad industrial growth
Manufacturing picked up in nine of the twelve Federal Reserve districts in May. It was one of the strongest sectors in the Fed’s June 3 Beige Book report.
Algoma seeks higher tags on coil, plate products
Algoma Steel announced on Thursday a price increase for coil and plate products, effective immediately.
Plate market says, ‘the heat is on,’ as prices and demand soar
Participants in the plate market doubt prices, lead times, and demand forces will cool down any time soon.
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