Michael Cowden's Contact Details

Michael Cowden's Company Details

Steel Market Update

Fernway, PA, US • 10 - 19 Employees
Advertising/Marketing/PR

Founded in 2008, Steel Market Update provides and analyzes real-time pricing, market trends, and relevant information related to the North American flat rolled steel market through its newsletter, website and events. Newsletter:• Current industry news and analysis• Recognizing & analyzing price and market trends• Indexing flat rolled steel pricing (hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized & Galvalume)• Weekly articles on Hot Rolled Steel Futures & Billet markets• Indexing of scrap (HMS, Shredded, #1 Busheling)• Industry data​: imports, exports, inventory & shipment levels, production• Analysis of world issues impacting the North American steel industry• Covers end user markets• Written by and for the steel industry• Covers our proprietary products: SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index, SMU Price MomentumIndicator, & SMU Steel Market SurveysWebsite:• Houses our historical data and newsletter• Price Estimator – an interactive pricing tool based on SMU Indexes and mill pricing• Research center with steel glossary, calculations, conversion charts, etc.• North American blast furnace status• Houses data for our proprietary products: SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index, SMU PriceMomentum Indicator, SMU Steel Market Surveys• Steel Blog – daily news and an open dialogue within the industrySMU offers conferences and workshops on Steel Industry Training, Hot Rolled Futures / Managing Price Risk workshops, and conferences on current and important industry topics.