The following article was provided to Steel Market Update (SMU) by steel service center: Kloeckner Metals. At our SMU Steel Summit Conference last year a Kloeckner executive pointed to changes in their digital footprint as being on the new opportunities facing the domestic service center industry. In the article below, Jonathan Toler of Kloeckner explains […]
The number of oil and natural gas rigs is moving higher and this is good news for the North American steel industry. According to Baker Hughes data from February 24, 2017, the U.S rig count for the week was 754 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 3 rigs compared […]
The Steel Market Update Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States turned negative this week, following a long 14 week positive streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price as a percentage. A positive […]
For the week ending February 18, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,766,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.6 percent increase over the previous week and a 3.3 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
According to Baker Hughes data from February 17, 2017, the U.S rig count for the week was 751 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 10 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs up 6 to 597 rigs, gas rigs up 4 to 153 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged […]
The following calculation is used by Steel Market Update to identify the theoretical spread between foreign hot rolled steel export prices and domestic (USA) hot rolled coil prices. We want our readers to note that we have made a decision to replace SteelBenchmarker as the primary data provider of foreign hot rolled coil prices. We […]
Total Canadian steel shipments for all products in January were 411,800 net tons, an increase of 42.0 percent from the month before and an increase of 5.7 percent from January 2016. Total steel inventories at the end of the month stood at 1,178,200 tons, up 0.6 percent from last month but down 5.8 percent from […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the 14th consecutive week, following a long 17 week negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price as […]
For the week ending February 11, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,738,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.9 percent increase over the previous week and a 1.7 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
Below is the latest data release issued by the the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) regarding residential and commercial heating and cooling equipment shipments through December 2016. You may read the press release on their website here. Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for December 2016 increased 1.3 […]
According to the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the American Iron and Steel Institute, apparent steel supply for the month of December 2016 was 8,622,171 net tons. Apparent steel supply is calculated by adding domestic steel shipments and finished US steel imports, then subtracting total US steel exports. December apparent […]
December steel exports totaled 726,847 net tons (659,385 metric tons), down 0.3 percent over November but up 0.2 percent from December 2015. This is the lowest export level seen since December 2015 when 658,362 tons were exported. Total December figures are below the thee month moving average (average of October, November, and December 2016 figures) […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the twelfth consecutive week, following a long 17 week negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price as […]
For the week ending February 4, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,723,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.7 percent decrease over the previous week but a 3.5 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) recently reported final U.S. raw steel production estimates for the month of December 2016. The monthly estimates are different than the weekly estimates we report in our Tuesday issues; the AISI bases the monthly estimates on over 75 percent of the domestic mills reporting vs. only 50 percent […]
According to Baker Hughes data from February 3, 2017, the U.S rig count for the week was 729 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 17 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs up 17 to 583 rigs, gas rigs unchanged at 145 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the twelfth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]
For the week ending January 28, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,736,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.9 percent increase over the previous week and a 8.0 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
According to Baker Hughes data from January 27, 2017, the U.S rig count for the week was 712 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This is up 18 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs up 15 to 566 rigs, gas rigs up 3 to 145 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged […]
The following calculation is used by Steel Market Update to identify the theoretical spread between foreign hot rolled steel export prices and domestic (USA) hot rolled coil prices. We want our readers to note that we have made a decision to replace SteelBenchmarker as the primary data provider of foreign hot rolled coil prices. We […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the eleventh consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]
For the week ending January 21, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,703,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.8 percent decrease over the previous week but a 6.0 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
Total Canadian steel shipments for all products in December were 289,900 net tons, a decrease of 27.2 percent from the month before but an increase of 6.2 percent from December 2015. Total steel inventories at the end of the month stood at 1,170,600 tons, up 7.6 percent from last month and up 0.4 percent from […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the tenth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]
For the week ending January 14, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,716,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.9 percent increase over the previous week and a 6.8 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate […]
November steel exports totaled 729,391 net tons (661,693 metric tons), down 4.8 percent over October but up 2.4 percent from November 2015. This is the lowest export level seen since December 2015 when 658,362 tons were exported. Total November figures are below the thee month moving average (average of September, October, and November 2016 figures) […]
Below is the latest data release issued by the the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) regarding residential and commercial heating and cooling equipment shipments through November 2016. You may read the press release on their website here. Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for November 2016 increased 16.8 […]
The following calculation is used by Steel Market Update to identify the theoretical spread between foreign hot rolled steel export prices and domestic (USA) hot rolled coil prices. We want our readers to note that we have made a decision to replace SteelBenchmarker as the primary data provider of foreign hot rolled coil prices. We […]
According to the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the American Iron and Steel Institute, apparent steel supply for the month of November 2016 was 8,144,758 net tons. Apparent steel supply is calculated by adding domestic steel shipments and finished US steel imports, then subtracting total US steel exports. November apparent […]
The Steel Market Update (SMU) Steel Price Momentum Index (MoMo) for hot rolled steel in the United States remained positive for the ninth consecutive week, following a 17 week long negative streak. MoMo is a trailing indicator and shows the relationship between the current U.S. hot rolled coil price movements against the previous 12-week average price […]