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Radius expects wider Q2 loss
Written by Ethan Bernard
March 18, 2024
Radius Recycling anticipates a wider loss in its fiscal second quarter vs. the first quarter, according to preliminary results.
The Portland, Ore.-based company, formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries, has announced a preliminary net loss of ~$35 million in its Q2’24 ended Feb. 29, widening from a loss of $18 million in the previous quarter.
“Without question, current market conditions remain challenging as cyclical headwinds are creating tighter supply flows and compressing metal spreads,” Chairman and CEO Tamara Lundgren said in a statement on March 14.
In its second quarter, the company said it introduced a plan to reduce selling, general, and administrative expense by 10% and to boost production “efficiencies.”
These measures include “reductions in headcount and other employee-related expenses, as well as decreases in non-trade procurement spend, transportation and logistics, and other outside services,” Radius said.
The company said these are expected to deliver $40 million in aggregate annual benefits. This is in addition to the $30 million in annual benefits previously announced and “substantially implemented in the second quarter.”
Radius noted tight supply flows for recycled metals and “unusually wet winter weather” hit sales volumes and metal spreads for both recycled metals and finished steel.
Ferrous sales volumes are anticipated to fall sequentially by 15%, while nonferrous sales volumes are expected to be down 3% in the same comparison, Radius said.
The company will report financial results for its fiscal Q2’24 on Thursday, April 4.

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