Premium SMU Content: US service centers’ flat-rolled steel supply declined in January, after trending higher in December. Shipping days of supply slipped to 58.5 on an adjusted basis at the end of January, according to SMU data. Flat roll supply eased in January after reaching its second-highest total for 2025 in December. The result is also a noticeable decline from 66.0 shipping days in January 2025, and a three-year low.
Ryerson Holding Corp. and Olympic Steel Inc. announced they have completed their blockbuster merger, boosting Ryerson’s position as the second-largest service center in North America.
The deal is expected to close Friday, Feb. 13.
Friedman Industries delivered a strong fiscal third quarter, posting sharp gains in sales, shipments, and margins across both its flat-rolled and tubular segments.
O’Neal Industries (ONI) has announced changes to its top leadership. The Birmingham, Ala.-based family-owned metals service center group said the following appointments are effective immediately.
SMU interviews Worthington Steel CEO Geoff Gilmore about the recent Kloeckner & Co. buy.
US service centers’ flat-rolled steel supply recovered in December, after trending lower from September to November.
Worthington Steel has announced it will acquire Germany's Kloeckner & Co, creating second-largest steel service company in North America.
Heidtman Steel Products Inc. and Steel and Pipe Supply Co. have announced a joint venture called Granite City Processing LLC in Granite City, Ill., that commenced on Jan. 1.
The Mississauga, Ontario-based metals distributor is now the owner of Kloeckner's facilities in Dubuque, Iowa; Charlotte, N.C.; Suwanee, Ga.; Houston; Austin, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Pompano Beach, Fla.
Independent service center Promet Steel Inc. has acquired Heidtman Steel Products' facility in East Chicago, Ind. Terms of the deal, which closed on Dec. 15, were not disclosed.
SMU’s Mill Order Index (MOI) declined in November after surging the month prior. The fall came as service center intake levels sharply declined, supported by a cut in shipments, according to our latest service center inventories data.
Most buyers expect prices to rise slightly in the short term or remain flat. But many qualify this view as transitory or dependent on demand improvements.
Worthington Steel reported higher profits and sales in its fiscal second quarter of 2026.
Sheet prices mostly ticked higher again this week. And the reasons shouldn’t come as a big surprise to anyone who has been reading SMU lately.
Flat rolled = 50.6 shipping days of supply Plate = 52.8 shipping days of supply Flat rolled US service centers’ flat-rolled steel supply declined for the fourth straight month, reaching 50.6 shipping days of supply on an adjusted basis at the end of November, according to SMU data. Flat roll supply is at its lowest […]
US plate market participants hope the new year will bring favorable market conditions. But they remain leery of making big purchases because of lingering uncertainty.
Triple-S Steel Holdings and a European partner have taken a major equity stake in Zimmer Staal, a steel distributor based at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.
Canadian service center Varsteel Ltd. has acquired Victoria Steel (also known as Acier Victoria) of Victoriaville, Quebec.
Triple-S Steel Holdings has acquired Galveston service center Industrial Material Corp.
Flack Global Metals announced two leadership appointments to drive the commercial strategy of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based service center and industrial platform.
North America continues to anchor Klöckner & Co.’s performance in 2025. The Kloeckner Metals Americas segment delivered robust earnings in the third quarter despite softer steel prices.
Flack Global Metals (FGM) announced Thursday that it would expand into Texas by assuming the Houston operations of NSPS Metals.
Executives framed the all-stock deal as a path to scale, efficiency, and long-term growth despite ongoing weakness in the metals market.
President and CEO Eddie Lehner said Ryerson has faced market headwinds in the third quarter.
Reliance Inc. reported lower profits in the third quarter amid trade woes and abundant inventory in the market.
Joe 'Magic' was known across the industry as a remarkable salesman with a larger-than-life personality. In 1974, he founded a one-person steel brokerage operation in Michigan that would become Magic Steel.
Olympic Steel Inc. has appointed Larry N. Norred, Jr. to the role of general manager for its Buford (fabrication) and Winder (metal processing) operations in Georgia.
Canada's Nova Steel has fully acquired all of the assets of Ohio's Sheffield Steel Products.
Jack Biegalski, former president and CEO of American Heavy Plates, has been named the new CEO of the Esmark Steel Group.