Final Thoughts

I got a note from Eddie Lehner, the CEO of Ryerson who attended our Steel Summit Conference for the first time this year. He dropped me a note today about our conference, “The SMU Conference is flat out worth attending.  An unusual combination of candor, depth and subject matter relevance throughout the steel value chain makes this conference unique as it stays true to substance and diversity of opinion.  The location and facilities were about as good as it gets as well.  We’ll be at the SMU conference next year.” Thank you for the kind words. We are already working on next year’s conference in the hope we can outdo ourselves once again. Mark your calendars for August 28-30, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The first ENFORCE Act complaint has been filed by Wheatland Tube. What is interesting (or will be interesting) is what happens from here. With most trade cases there is transparency in the proceedings. There are no such protections set up for the ENFORCE Act. I am quite sure the domestic mills will be watching and waiting to see if the Wheatland Tube complaint is successful.