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SMU Community Chat: May 15 with CRU Senior Analyst Ryan McKinley

Written by Michael Cowden

May 3, 2024

CRU Senior Analyst Ryan McKinley will be the featured speaker on the next SMU Community Chat on Wednesday, May 15, at 11 am ET.

You can register here. Note that the live webinar is free for all to attend. A recording will be available only to SMU members.

McKinley is instrumental in determining CRU’s benchmark hot-rolled coil price. He’ll discuss his role, his background in steel, and how the index works.

He’ll also talk about trends in global steel markets and how those dynamics could impact the US. McKinley will in addition provide a one-year outlook for steel. He’ll discuss the factors that go into making such a forecast as well as some wildcards that he’s keeping his eye on.

So join the discussion, and bring some good questions for the Q&A!

Michael Cowden

Michael Cowden is managing editor for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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