Key Points: Data centers covering millions of square feet, require structural steel frames, mezzanines, support platforms and specialized infrastructure. The aggressively and quickly constructed data centers can require up to 20,000 tons of steel per data center. Estimates are 2026 data center construction spending will be $86-89 billion.
Published September 02, 2026 September 2026 Report ITR Leading Indicator™ INDICATOR TREND SUPPORTS MILD RISE FOR US INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INTO EARLY 2027 In August, the ITR Leading Indicator™ was relatively steady with the prior month. The general trajectory of modest rise in the Indicator supports mild US Industrial Production expansion
The United Steelworkers (USW) union along with United States Steel Corp. and Cleveland-Cliffs, are extending by 30 days efforts to reach new labor contract agreements. Therefore, workers will continue working under terms of the existing Contract. The existing labor contract between the USW and Cleveland-Cliffs is due to
Key: Facts Between 2020 and 2024, Chinese steel and aluminum imports to Canada nearly doubled, surging to 689,734 tons. The U.S. International Trade Commission found that Sec. 232 tariffs from 2018-21 on average increased the price of steel products by 2.4% a year. The Global Forum
Freight Market_Conditions_8_28_26Trucking Freight Freight Market_Conditions_8_28_26.pdf3 MBdownload-circle Good morning, Along with the Market Outlook, is the latest Morgan Stanley Data for week of 17 August through 23 August 2026: MARKET OUTLOOK: Demand has come off the summer peak — flatbed volumes fell
Some years back I read Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. (https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-the-fifth-discipline/). An overall excellent read, Senge's book brought to my attention the MIT Beer Game which simulates a simple production/distribution
The White House announced an oil joint venture with the Venezuelan government. Of Venezuela’s 300 billion barrels of proven reserves, the deal would access the USA to 65 billion barrels. The deal consists of a 100 year Venezuelan oil field lease to a joint venture oil production company between
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Alert August 24, 2026 Industrial: Steel Global Steel Production - ALERT: July Daily Global Production Decreases M/M on China, While U.S. Output Remains Flat at Historically Strong Levels Read Full Report Today, we received an update on July global steel production from the World Steel Association (WSA). On an
Alert August 27, 2026 Industrial: Steel Steel - ALERT: SMU Steel Summit 2026 Takeaways Read Full Report We recently attended the SMU Steel Summit 2026 in Atlanta, featuring three days covering the current dynamics of the steel sector with various industry leaders. In this note, we highlight our main takeaways, including