Final Thoughts

For Thursday night’s issue my goal is to attempt to produce as accurate lead times for each mill as possible. This is easy for some mills who publish lead times on a weekly or, in at least one case, daily basis. Other mills hold the information a little closer to the vest. If you have lead time information from one or more of your mill suppliers I would appreciate if you are able to share that data with me. If you have received information verbally from your mill please shoot me an email. In light of the market being a little spooked by all of the production issues, I think it will help if we can get our arms around lead times and calm those frayed nerves a bit.

I hope that the US Steel article discussing the status of their two plants was helpful in allaying any fears that might be cropping up with those companies who do not do direct mill business or may be doing business with mills other than USS.