More tariff adjustments, expansions and closures, and what our survey says about lead times and scrap trends

Survey results

AMU’s June survey results revealed market conditions moderating after several gauges strengthened in May. Respondents reported fewer signs of expanding demand, fewer extending lead times, and less inventory building. Even so, market participants largely stopped short of forecasting an oversupplied market later this summer.

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Stephanie Ritenbaugh

Stephanie is an experienced business journalist, holding a variety of positions for trade publications and newspapers, including covering shale development for Gas Business Briefing/Platts and for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.