Service Center Inventories
SMU surveys key data providers each month to gather the latest information on steel sheet and plate inventories.
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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
AISI: Raw steel production rises to four-year high
Raw steel production increased for the fourth-consecutive week last week to a new multi-year high, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).
SMU scrap market survey results now available
SMU’s March ferrous scrap market survey results are now available on our website to all premium members.
Join SMU for a Community Chat with AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson on Wednesday
Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), will join SMU for a Community Chat webinar on Wednesday, April 15, at 11 a.m. ET.
Nucor raises HR spot price to $1,045/ton
Nucor has increased its consumer spot price (CSP) for hot-rolled (HR) coil to $1,045 per short ton (st), a $5/st bump from last week.
Final Thoughts: Got Steel?
Remember the “Got Milk?” advertising campaign of the 1990s. Maybe we should start a “Got Steel?” campaign. Or maybe “Got Spot Tons?” would be more accurate, if less catchy.
No injuries, production impact from incident at Gary Works: USS
What a local media report described as an “explosion” on Friday night at U.S. Steel’s Gary Works in Northwest Indiana has not disrupted production or resulted in any injuries, that company said.
CRU: Iran vows steel production will continue after damage to mills
Steel output will carry on in Iran despite repeated US-Israeli air strikes on key industrial sites, including the Mobarakeh and Khuzestan steel companies, according to a senior Iranian industry official.
Leibowitz: Middle East War and tariff changes mean more market uncertainty incoming
No doubt, events will scramble the status quo. Meanwhile, the global systems that have prevented major wars for 80 years are sagging.
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