Final Thoughts

Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
February 23, 2018
Diana and I will be traveling on Monday and Tuesday on business and will not be available in our offices and will have limited use of our cell phones. If you have an issue, please contact Brett Linton at 706-216-2140 or send emails to info@SteelMarketUpdate.com.
I will be canvassing the market on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning to see where spot prices are for this week. Thank you in advance for working with me to get the latest offers, as well as what transaction prices are for this week.
Registration is open and available on the website for the 2018 SMU Steel Summit Conference. You can go to www.SteelMarketUpdate.com/events/steel-summit to get more details and to register for this year’s event.
As always, your business is truly appreciated by all of us at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, Publisher

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