SBB Training: How the Steel Market Works

SBB Training: How the Steel Market Works November session has now finished. Keep your eyes peeled for our London dates throughout 2011 which will be published soon.

• Day 1 -- The Vocabulary of Steelmaking. How steel is made and used. Understand the steelmaking process, from raw materials to finished products; you will master the vocabulary of steel.
• Day 2 -- Steel trade and steel finance. The evolution of the steel sector. Learn how the industry has evolved and consolidated. Understand where steel is traded, and how it is financed.
• Day 3 -- Steel prices and pricing. Evolution of steel prices. Forecasting tools. Distribution and Trading. Understand the drivers of steel supply and demand. Learn how to forecast using quantitative and qualititative methods. Characteristics of successful steel distribution and trading.
• Day 4 -- Steel Futures & Hedging. Hedging through customised over-the-counter deals and through regulated metal exchanges is explained in principle and then simulated in practice.

For more information please email training@steelbb.com

Program Bay Neil Banks, Consultant Bay Roger Emmott, Global Head of Research, Consulting and Training, Steel Business Briefing Bay Roger Manser, Founder, Steel Business Briefing Bay Philip Rogers, Former Steelmaker and Independent Consultant , Metals for Packaging Bay Mark Wiggett, Editor, Global Market Outlook , Steel Business Briefing Bay Gilles Calis, Managing Director, SteelConsult International Bay Steven Randall, Managing Director, The Steel Index