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Tariff policy dominated the discussion of the SMU Steel Summit trade panel on Tuesday afternoon. The message was clear: uncertainty is rattling the steel supply chain.

Steel Summit 2025 has just launched, and we're off to an amazing start.

Panelists laid out what they look for in mergers and acquisitions at SMU Steel Summit 2025 on Tuesday in Atlanta.

The big show is here again. SMU Steel Summit begins on Monday. This year, like last year, more than 1,500 people will be joining us. And I couldn’t be more excited to have everyone here in Atlanta.

As everyone surely knows by now, the SMU Steel Summit starts on Monday in Atlanta, Ga. So, this is a great opportunity to reflect on how much has changed since the 2024 Summit. Certainly, no one could have imagined the wholesale and transformative changes to U.S. and global trade policy.

With SMU Steel Summit starting in just a few days, I decided to go back and do a quick check on where things stand now compared to the week before Summit last year.

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Yesterday’s tragedy and loss of life at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Works is a stark reminder of how important safety in the workplace really is.

A recent conversation with Tanners shows that many of us in this industry often end up here by accident but end up staying.

Steel Market Update is proud to celebrate its 17th birthday this month.

We're less than a month out from Steel Summit 2025. Have you already signed up?

We have a special addition to the agenda of this year's SMU Steel Summit that I’m excited to announce today. U.S. Steel President and CEO David Burritt will speak on the opening day of the Summit about the partnership between the iconic Pittsburgh-based steelmaker and Nippon Steel.

I’m not sure how many different ways I can write that it’s been a quiet market ahead of Independence Day. There are variations on that theme. I’ve heard everything from the ominous “eerily quiet” to "getting better" and even the occasional “blissfully unaware” (because I’m enjoying my vacation).

CRU analysts Thais Terzian and Frank Nikolic will be the featured guests on the next SMU Community Chat on Wednesday, July 9, at 11 am ET.

With the pace that news has been breaking lately, there will be no shortage of things to discuss.

We’re just 88 days out from North America’s largest gathering of the flat-rolled steel industry.

The 2025 SMU Steel Summit is shaping up to be another record-smashing event, and the buzz around the gathering is growing. It runs Monday, Aug. 25 – Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) in Atlanta.

Before you know it, we’ll all be singing those famous words made popular by Alice Cooper back in ’79 – “school’s out for summer!” But it’s not “all the girls and boys making that noise,” it’s the growing buzz around SMU’s Steel Summit 2025! So, while August might seem like a long way off, we’ve […]

SMU Steel Summit 2025 will be here before you know it. Be sure to register!

After last year’s historic turnout, the buzz around SMU’s Steel Summit 2025 is picking up. So, it’s no surprise room blocks are going quick, and I mean FAST. Get ready for another blockbuster event! This year’s meeting of the North American flat-rolled steel industry is shaping up to be another record-setting gathering with a timely […]

Anticipation leading up to SMU’s Steel Summit 2025 is already heating up after last year’s record-setting attendance!

As my colleague Ethan Bernard noted in our most recent Final Thoughts, I don’t think many of us thought uncertainty would be mounting four weeks out from 2025. If anything, the general theme post-Steel Summit and into Q4 was that election night would be the turning point. And whatever had been keeping the steel market from building would finally get the jump-start it needed.

SMU Steel Summit 2024 speakers weighed in on an array of topics surrounding the electric vehicle movement, including advancements in technology and infrastructure, consumer adaptation, and regulatory challenges

In a candid fireside chat with SMU Senior Analyst/Editor David Schollert, Stelco’s CEO Alan Kestenbaum opened up about Stelco’s pending sale to Cliffs, his business strategy, outlook for the industry, and plans for the future. The chat took place on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the 2024 SMU Steel Summit in Atlanta.

SMU Senior Analyst and Editor David Schollaert sat down with leading steel service center executives at the SMU Steel Summit 2024 in Atlanta to discuss the issues affecting the industry.

We had a wonderful time at last week’s Steel Summit Conference, seeing so many familiar faces and catching up with friends within the industry.

Alan Beaulieu, president of ITR Economics, presented the final keynote at last week’s Steel Summit conference

“The US economy, despite some near-term weakness I suggest in early 2025, is going to be strong," Dr. Anirban Basu said this week.

Go forth and mingle, urged Michael Smerconish at Steel Summit 2024.

Hybar CEO David Stickler and SMU Managing Editor Michael Cowden shared a candid conversation about Hybar's ambitious plans on Tuesday morning at the SMU Steel Summit, held in Atlanta this week.