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More »» Introducing SMU Community Chat Webinars Beginning next week, SMU will launch a new online webinar. We are calling it the “SMU Community Chat.” Our idea is to have a live discussion wi.... More »» Thoughts on Working from Home (Part 4) – Isolation & Anxiety By John Packard, President & CEO, Steel Market Update Even though I have worked from my home office for mo.... More »» Foreign vs. Domestic Hot Rolled Steel Price Comparison The latest SMU comparison of foreign and domestic hot rolled prices shows that U.S prices continue to remain advantageous over foreign imports, acc.... More »» SMU's March At-a-Glance The month of March saw government actions to stop the spread of the coronavirus begin to take a toll on steel demand and prices. In reaction, Steel.... More »» CRU: Steel Prices Down as China Tries to Rebalance By CRU Prices Analyst George Pearson, from the CRU Steel Monitor As expected, sheet prices in the U.S. Midwest.... More »» AK Steel to Idle Mansfield Operations for Two Weeks Cleveland-Cliffs said it will idle all of AK Steel Mansfield operations for the next two weeks to better align production with current weakness in .... More »» ATI Will Close Midland Due to Costly Tariffs Allegheny Technologies will idle its operations at Midland, Pa., by the end of June 2020 due to the Section 232 tariffs. A&T Stainless imports .... More »» Pandemic Expands Global Downturn for Manufacturing Global manufacturing continued its downturn in March exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI rose to 47.6 from 47.1.... More »» ISM Index Highlights the Negative Impact of the Coronavirus A sharp decline in new orders and production drove the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing PMI into contraction in March, falling to 49.1.... More »» March Auto Sales Plummet Due to Pandemic Auto sales plummeted in March as stay-at-home orders kept consumers from dealer showrooms. .... More »» Infrastructure Bill May Be Included in Coronavirus Relief Infrastructure is finally getting some attention again, despite and because of the cornavirus. Congress and the White House are calling for an infr.... More »» Events Steel Summit 2020- August 24-26, 2020 - Atlanta, GA Steel 101 Workshop - 2020 - To Be Determined Steel Pricing Momentum Steel buyer's Sentiment Meter Flat Rolled Steel Prices SMU Steel Survey Results SMU Key Market Indicators Products & Services Conferences Steel Pricing Newsletter Advertising Price Estimator Workshops Save the Date! Steel Summit: A steel conference for manufacturing companies, fabricators, service centers, wholesalers, trading companies, steel mills, toll processors and companies who provide products and services to the steel industry. August 24-26, 2020 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Georgia International Convention Center Additional details can be found on in our Events section here . 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