Latest Steel mills Podcast Episodes

Is a new Chinese steel giant on the horizon?

Metals Meltdown Podcast - June 29, 2016 16:21 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The wait for the first significant merging of Chinese steelmakers could be at an end. The regal trio of Peter Brennan, Sebastian Lewis and Christopher Davis cast their collective eye over the potential impact as well as the latest developments in the international markets.We welcome any feedback ...

Seb holds on to his hat as steel market turns downward

Metals Meltdown Podcast - May 25, 2016 17:07 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Having risked his reputation, and his finest deerstalker, by predicting an imminent downturn in the Chinese steel market; an unscathed Sebastian Lewis joined Christopher Davis and Peter Brennan for the anniversary edition of the Metals Meltdown. But while the Chinese market has been collapsing,...

Steel price rally continues: when will it end?

Metals Meltdown Podcast - April 22, 2016 16:48 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Sebastian Lewis, Peter Brennan and Christopher Davis in our London studioCentered on the strength in the domestic Chinese market, steel mills are forcing up prices around the world. The Meltdown boys are back for another month and this time that venerable trio of Sebastian Lewis, Peter Brennan an...

Should steelmakers beware the ides of March?

Metals Meltdown Podcast - March 18, 2016 06:06 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
With scene-setting worthy of the great Bard himself, William Shakespeare, our very own soothsayers, Peter Brennan, Sebastian Lewis and Chris Davis deliver their predictions for steel markets across the globe.With the ferrous supply chain left reeling early March amid an unprecedented hike in stee...

Q4 2015: The course of true love never did run smooth (for steelmakers)

Metals Meltdown Podcast - February 17, 2016 17:57 ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Despite being the season for romance and celebration, the metals industry has been experiencing no such love of late. When it comes to earnings and the overall financial health of major producers -- on both the ferrous and nonferrous sides -- there is seemingly angst and heartbreak in recent...

New year rally: Is the horror show over for steel markets?

Metals Meltdown Podcast - January 22, 2016 13:05 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The year started off with some degree of positivity for the steel markets. Mills in Europe and the United States pushed for price increases at the end of 2015, while Chinese producers increased offers that triggered a brief rally in the markets.In this post-festive season reunion of the Three Kin...

Mirth and merriment in short supply for global metals markets

Metals Meltdown Podcast - December 22, 2015 17:05 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In this final episode of 2015, Metals Meltdown's merry little elves, Chris Davis, Peter Brennan and Sebastian Lewis, look at how prices for finished steel and most inputs have fallen as steadily as a winter snowstorm, with very little interest shown by customers for buying material of late.The US...

Are the BRICs still building or crumbling?

Metals Meltdown Podcast - November 26, 2015 15:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In this episode, Metals Meltdown goes beyond Charles Dickens' classic, A Tale of Two Cities, and discusses a tale of two continents instead -- focusing on Asia and South America, and in particular the BRIC countries, which many economists once hailed with great expectations.How are these recently...

China's slowing economy 'zombifies' its steel industry, as optimism creeps into US scrap

Metals Meltdown Podcast - May 21, 2015 17:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In the inaugural Metals Meltdown podcast, Platts Men of Steel Chris Davis, Peter Brennan, and Sebastian Lewis lift the proverbial iron lid on the economically challenging global landscape for metals, and tell us how raw materials are impacting pricing and the outlook for finished steel goods. Ami...