Final Thoughts

First, please be aware that Sunday is Easter and Steel Market Update will not publish an issue on Sunday evening. Our next issue will be on Tuesday, April 23.

We have been receiving calls and getting comments associated with our release of the SMU Service Center Inventories Analysis in Sunday evening’s issue where we showed flat rolled inventories as being 2.7 months of supply, up slightly from the 2.5 months of supply we reported to our data providers from the prior month. We are comfortable in the data providers who are reporting their information on a confidential basis to us. We believe our number is accurate and reflective of what is going on in the market. We are continuing to add new service centers and to build our database. There is no cost to become a data provider, and we are willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement with any service center interested in providing data to us. If you would like more information or would like to be added as a data provider, please contact me at John@SteelMarketUpdate.com or Estelle.Tran@crugroup.com