Trade Cases
Track active steel trade cases, including antidumping, countervailing duties, and TRQs, with key dates and statuses.
Trade Data
SMU brings you that latest numbers on everything from trade case results to steel import and export volumes. You also won’t want to miss our analysis of apparent steel supply
Imports History
Monitor monthly US steel imports with product-level historical detail on popular flat-rolled, plate, and long products.
Exports History
Explore US steel export data with historical comparisons across relevant sheet and plate steel products.
Apparent Steel Supply
A monthly indicator of US market balance and availability, based on mill shipments, imports, and exports.
Latest news
Tampa Steel Conference: Swap snow boots for sunshine
A trip to Tampa is the perfect remedy for the winter blues. The 37th annual Tampa Steel Conference will bring together executives from across the steel supply chain, as well as leading analysts and policy experts.
Price on Trade: Geopolitical sparks in Davos foretell intense upcoming USMCA talks
If forced to choose between Canada and Mexico, many manufacturers are likely to prioritize Mexico as the more important manufacturing hub.
Active rig counts rise in US and Canada
The latest tally of operational oil and gas rigs increased this week in both the US and Canada, according to the latest figures published by Baker Hughes.
Sheet market participants report mixed signals, confusing outlook
A report on the sheet market this week.
Doderer on the economy: Will economic factors yield more steel demand?
SMU columnist Daniel Doderer looks out over the economy as it regards the steel industry.
SMU Survey: Buyers’ Sentiment Indices indicate optimism
SMU’s Steel Buyers’ Sentiment Indices both increased this week to multi-month highs
Global steel output falls to 2-year low in December
The total amount of raw steel produced around the world slipped 0.4% from November to an estimated 139.6 million metric tons (mt) in December, according worldsteel data.
AMU: For LME high grade aluminum, how high is high in a post-China cost curve?
Rising global capital and power costs, driven by China’s production cap and higher-cost expansion in Indonesia, are resetting aluminum’s incentive price, making higher LME levels necessary to unlock new primary capacity outside China.
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