“Early Warning System” That Works

GSA contains current and forecasted monthly shipment, import and export data on a hot-rolled band equivalent (HRBEQ) and long product equivalent (LPEQ) basis for all major countries and regions of the world. Monthly pricing feedback is provided for 9 countries or regions and the world export market.

IT is based on WSD’s special access to top people in the steel industry worldwide. The reports provide real world feedback on pricing trends in steel scrap, DRI, coke, pig iron, slab, hot-rolled band, cold-rolled coil, wire rod and other products. Special attention is paid to developments in China, Europe, the United States, Russia/Ukraine, South America and the United States.

T&C provides an in-depth analysis, with accompanying graphics, on a single subject - such as the steel scrap pricing outlook, the impact on steelmakers’ costs of currency swings, why “death spirals” tend to have temporary “V” bottoms, activity levels in steel consumer industries, spot versus contract prices, sensitivities of home market prices to world export prices, and more.

The Steel Thermometer tracks 120 largely coincident indicators that can spot new trends in early stages of their development.  The ST pulls together all of WSD's databases for a "snap-shot" of the industry environment.  Among the indices tracked: global export prices, regional steel prices, scrap prices, metallics costs, inventory levels,  import trends, metallics balances, company earnings and steel stock market performance. 

The Cyclone tracks integrated steelmaking costs on a monthly basis for the USA, Europe and China. It analyzes the changing cost position of EAF and BOF steel producers at different times of the steel cycle (i.e., during "rollercoaster" periods of low and high steel scrap prices) and in different parts of the world through 10 reference steelmakers.