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
American Axle workers at Three Rivers plant OK potential strike
American Axle (Dauch Corp.) workers in Three Rivers, Mich., have voted to authorize a strike.
Zekelman taps Nofziger as supply chain VP
Chicago-based pipe and tube manufacturer Zekelman Industries has appointed Jason Nofziger as its vice president of supply chain, effective May 11.
Heating and cooling equipment shipments increase through March
Total heating and cooling equipment shipments jumped 24% from February to March according to recently released AHRI figures.
USS and USW convene ahead of formal contract negotiations
The United Steelworkers labor union and U.S. Steel plan to address their partnership and profit-sharing agreement during the week of May 11.
FabArc Steel Supply expands in Alabama
FabArc Steel Supply announced it will be leasing a 60,000-square-foot fabrication facility on 29 acres in Decatur, Ala.
Steel Dynamics adjusts galvanized coating extras higher
Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) has revised their metallic coating extras higher for galvanized, Galvalume, Galfan, and aluminized type 1 products.
Raw steel output continues to rise in US
US mills’ capability utilization hit 81.4% last week, up from 80.4% the week prior and from 76.6% a year ago.
May scrap mart limps towards settle, prime tags mixed
The May scrap market took much longer to settle than most players anticipated, but the results are mostly in.
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