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Steel Market Update has shifted its annual Steel Summit event to a virtual gathering. The three-day event will continue with the same schedule planned for the in-person conference Aug. 24-26 in Atlanta.
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One of the perils of publishing a monthly magazine is the possibility that what you wrote at deadline will become obsolete by the time anyone reads it.
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Steel prices are as unpredictable as the spread of a rogue virus, but one symptom of COVID-19 is likely to be lower steel prices.
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When Alan Beaulieu finished his keynote remarks at Steel Market Update’s Steel Summit in August, the semi-attentive listener could have come away fully enthused about the state of the industrial economy. Or thoroughly depressed.
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There was a bit of a reprieve in the ongoing trucker shortage in 2019. It won’t last.
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It’s been a little over a decade since former steel salesman John Packard founded Steel Market Update. In that time frame, SMU has become a valuable source of industry pricing information and events.
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Vested Metals, St. Johns County, Fla., has been named one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. The company is ranked 234th in the 2019 Inc. 5000 List, a leading ranking of independent businesses.
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One of the recurring topics at the recent Steel Summit from Steel Market Update was U.S. Steel Corporation’s recent announcement it would stop offering index-based pricing to its contract customers in 2020.
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One of the recurring topics at the recent Steel Summit from Steel Market Update was U.S. Steel Corporation’s recent announcement it would stop offering index-based pricing to its contract customers in 2020.
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If you are mystified by today’s steel prices, you are not alone.
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Steel Market Update, in conjunction with Steel Manufacturers Association, will celebrate young emerging leaders in the steel and manufacturing industries by honoring a deserving individual with the inaugural SMU NexGen Leadership Award. SMU is currently accepting nominations for the recognition, which will be awarded during SMU’s 2019 Steel Summit Conference, set for Aug. 26-28 in Atlanta.
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Steel Market Update research shows service centers carry some influence when it comes to the direction of steel prices.
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Life is good for the steel industry. The economy is thriving, end markets are growing and business is booming. Despite these positive indicators, steel insiders can’t help but feel a certain amount of uncertainty about the future.
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The eighth annual Steel Summit was held this week in Atlanta, and once again, SMU’s annual conference has outdone itself. Attendance at this year’s conference increased nearly 40 percent to 912 people, as more and more folks learn about the benefits of this worthwhile event.
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CRU Group has acquired the conference, training and newsletter business from Steel Market Update.
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While the healthy market of 2017 will stretch into next year, growth will start to lag in the second half in advance of a mild downturn in 2019, said Economist Alan Beaulieu at the Steel Market Update Steel Summit in Atlanta.
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If you gather any group of men my age and older, eventually the topic will turn to the sad state of the generations coming up behind us. This is nothing new; it’s been going on for centuries, and will continue to take place long after we’re gone.
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Analysts and industry leaders dominated the podium at the Steel Market Update conference in Atlanta last month, but for a short while, SMU chief John Packard turned things over to the attendees. Using the SMU events app, Packard polled the large crowd on a handful of topics.
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