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Save the date: Community Chat with Barry Zekelman on Weds, Oct. 16 at 11 am ET

Written by Michael Cowden

October 3, 2024

Join SMU’s next Community Chat webinar with Barry Zekelman, executive chairman and CEO of Zekelman Industries – the largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer in North America.

The webinar will be on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 11 a.m. ET. It’s free to attend. A recording will be available only to SMU subscribers. You can register here.

Zekelman is known for his straight talk. And his company is one of the largest steel buyers in North America. That alone is good reason to tune in.

We’ll also be discussing everything from the current steel market and end-use demand to trade policy and the upcoming election.

We’ll take your questions too. So think of some good ones and bring them to the Q&A! As usual, we’ll keep it to approximately 45 minutes, so you can learn a thing or two and then get on with your day.

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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