Service Center Inventories
SMU surveys key data providers each month to gather the latest information on steel sheet and plate inventories.
An array of proprietary products
Explore our proprietary steel market insights. Key features include service center inventories, flat rolled lead times, steel buyers’ sentiment indices, mill negotiation rates, and more. Access everything you need to track market momentum and make informed decisions
Survey derived insights
Access SMU’s proprietary mill lead times, negotiation rates, steel buyers’ sentiment indices, and more. The data comes from SMU’s surveys, which have been helping our subscribers keep their finger on the pulse of the steel market for more than a decade
Service center inventory and shipment data
Stay on top of the sheet and plate markets with SMU’s monthly service center shipment and inventory reports. When you know how you stack up against your peers, you can better manage your own stocks
Flat-Rolled Lead Times
Active steel buyers provide sheet and plate mill lead times. Members can track pricing trends and explore historical data.
Steel Buyers’ Sentiment
Track how steel buyers and sellers feel about their company’s prospects today and in the next 3-6 months.
Mill Spot Price Negotiations
We survey active steel buyers on pricing plans for domestic sheet and plate; results reveal shifting spot trends.
Overall Demand
Track steel demand across the supply chain and whether buyers report it as improving, steady, or declining.
Latest news
AHMSA bankruptcy auction gets postponed
The public bankruptcy auction for the assets of Altos Hornos de Mexico has been postponed.
Sheet prices and demand tick upward
Sources in the domestic hot- and cold-rolled coil market said they are beginning to feel prices creeping up this week.
Chicago Business Barometer keeps climbing in February
The Chicago Business Barometer continued to rise in February, marking its second month in expansion territory, according to Market News International (MNI) and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).
AMU: Aluminum survey shows lead times extending as undersupply expectations rise
February survey results showed notable shifts across measured lead times and sentiment.
Rig count shows slowdown in oil drilling in US and Canada
Oil drilling slowed in the US and Canada last week, while gas drilling inched higher in the US.
US apparent steel supply recovers in December but remains low
December supply increased 7% from November to the third-lowest monthly rate of the year.
US scrap market digging out from bad winter
The US scrap market is looking to emerge from a bad winter that has affected both inbound and outbound flows of material since December.
New trade case filed against large-diameter graphite electrodes
Graphite electrodes are critical to electric-arc furnace steelmaking and the production of other non-ferrous metals.
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