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SMU Steel Summit 2025: Will we see you there?

Written by David Schollaert

March 28, 2025

Spring has sprung (at least on the calendar) and summer will be here before you know it. Anticipation leading up to SMU’s Steel Summit 2025 is already heating up after last year’s record-setting attendance!

We’re officially 150 days out from North America’s largest gathering of the flat-rolled steel industry. More than 400 steel industry professionals from nearly 200 companies are already registered to attend the Summit this August in Atlanta.

If you haven’t registered yet for the can’t-miss steel event of 2025, don’t delay. It’s not just a conference — it’s an unparalleled opportunity to hear directly from the most respected and influential voices in the steel industry.

Get ready for another blockbuster event! You can register here.

The skinny

The event runs Monday, Aug. 25 – Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Atlanta at the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC).

We’ve got a host of great speakers lined up, including leaders from mills, service centers, and end-users, as well as analysts, economists, and trade-policy experts. The agenda for the event can be found here.

We’d love for everyone in the SMU Community to join us to learn about the latest steel-price forecasts, economic outlooks, shifting trade dynamics, and the current events shaping our industry. Add to that the conference provides some of the best in-person networking opportunities out there.

Summer will be here before you know it, and Aug. 25 is just a just about five months away. So we encourage you to register today and book your travel arrangements if you haven’t already.

Who’s already attending

A. Duie Pyle, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Algoma Steel, Inc., All Metals, All Weather Insulated Panels, Alliance Laundry Systems, Alliance Steel LLC, Alro Steel, Altec Industries, Inc., American Heavy Plates, American Iron and Steel Institute, American Metal Group, American Metals Supply Co., Inc., Arbon Steel, ArcelorMittal Inc., ArcelorMittal USA LLC, ARCO Innovations, Arrow Reload Systems, Bailey Metal Products Ltd, Bank of America, Beaver Steel Services, Inc., Behlen Mfg. Co., Big River Steel, BlueScope Steel Americas, BlueScope Steel Ltd, BofA Global Research, BofA Securities, Borusan Berg Pipe, Inc., Borusan Pipe US, Inc., Braner USA, Broan Nutone LLC, C.D. Wälzholz GmbH & Co. KG, Canam Steel Corporation, Carlisle Construction Materials, Century Metals & Supplies, Inc., Chapel Steel, Charter Steel Trading, Inc., Chesterfield Steel, Chicago Tube & Iron, China Steel and Nippon Steel Vietnam JSC, CMC Commercial Metals, CMC Steel, CO Building Systems, Cooper Consolidated LLC, Copeland, CRU, CT.Inc, Daviess County Metal Sales, Diehl Tool Steel, Dow Jones, Elgen Manufacturing, Enstructure, Fagor Arrasate USA, Inc., Fasco, Feralloy Corporation, Ferragon Corporation, FerrouSouth, Fortune Brands Innovation, Fulton County Processing, Galvaprime, Goldman Sachs & Co.,, Great Lakes Coils, Greenpoint Metals, Inc., Harris Steel Company, Headwall Partners, Heidtman Steel Products, Inc., Heritage Capital Group, Inc., Hirsh Industries, LLC, HUBTEX North America, Hunter Engineering, Huntington National Bank, Igneous SA de CV, Imperial Manufacturing Group, JD Rush Corporation, Jindal Tubular, John Deere, Leeco Steel LLC, Lennox International, M&M Manufacturing, Inc., Macsteel International USA Corp, Magic Coil Products LLC, Magswitch Technologies, Marubeni-Itochu Steel America (MISA), McNeilus Steel, Inc., Metal Edge Partners LLC, Metals USA, Midmark Corporation, MidWest Materials, Inc., Minnesota Power, MISA, Morrison Products, Inc., NLMK, NLMK USA, North American Steel Alliance, North Shore Steel, North Star BlueScope Steel, NS BlueScope Coated Products NA, Nucor Steel, nvent, Ohio Coatings Company, Olympic Steel, Inc., OMB Treasury, O’Neal Industries, Inc., O’Neal Steel, OneSteel Trading Inc, Optima Steel International LLC, OTI, Pacific Metals Trading, Inc., Petrosmith Equipment LP, Phoenix Metals, Priefert Steel, Prime Metal Buildings and Components, Promet Steel, Inc., Qualty Metals Inc., Ratner Steel Supply Company, Reliance, Inc., Rock Trading Advisors, Ltd, Russel Metals, Inc., Ryerson, Sage Policy Group, Inc., Samuel Son and Co., Searing Industries, Shivom Steel LLC, SIMS Metal Management, Southern Coil Solutions LLC, Southwark Metal, SPS Companies, Inc., SSAB, SSAB Americas, SSAB Special Steels, Standard Iron & Wire Works LLC, State Steel, Steel Warehouse, Steelscape LLC, Steelway Building Systems, StoneX Financial Inc., Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V., Ternium USA, Inc., The Greenbrier Companies, The Marks Group PC, The Toro Company, Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., Trane Technologies, Tri County Metals, Triad Metals International, Triple-S Steel Holdings, Inc., Tufts Grinding, Inc., Unicoil, Valmont Industries, Inc., Valtir, Waelzholz North America LLC, Webco Industries, Welser Profile Austria GmbH, Welser Profile North America, West Central Steel Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, Worthington Enterprises, Worthington Steel, Zekelman Industries

We hope to see you there!

David Schollaert

David Schollaert is a senior analyst for Steel Market Update. David joined SMU after more than a decade in the metals and mining industry in a myriad of different roles. Much of his early experience and expertise were within the coverage and analysis of steel-making raw materials and served previously as senior editor of the CRU Prices Service. Most recently, however, before his return to market analysis, David held roles as a metals buyer and an operations manager for raw material suppliers. Based in CRU’s Pittsburgh office, David can be reached at david@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-720-1008.

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