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Tony Taccone

A strategy consultant to steel companies for 20 years and a founding partner of First River Consulting, a strategy consulting boutique. Follows the steel industry globally and proudly admits to being a steel nerd.

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US Steel Q2 earnings

July 28, 2009

US Steel announced second quarter 2009 earnings today.  See the company’s press release here.  X continues to struggle as a result of weak market conditions and pricing.  Q2 EBITDA per ton was negative $104, which is $5 worse than Q1 EBITDA of negative $99 per ton.   As you can see on the Nerds of Steel […]

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Nucor and Steel Dynamics report Q2 earnings

July 23, 2009

Nucor and Steel Dynamics just reported Q2 2009 earnings.  The Nucor announcement can be found here and Steel Dynamics’ announcement is here.  Both companies improved relative to Q1, which looks like it may have been the bottom for steel industry profitability.  Steel Dynamics posted positive EBITDA per ton of $46 in Q2, much improved from […]

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AK Steel reports Q2 2009 results

July 21, 2009

AK Steel is first out of the blocks reporting earnings for the second quarter of 2009.  See the results here.  EBITDA per ton was ($24), still negative but better than Q1 when EBITDA was ($58) per ton.   The improvement in EBITDA was driven by lower cash operating costs.  AK’s average price per ton fell by […]

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Gerdau SA and Gerdau Ameristeel Q1 2009 earnings

May 12, 2009

Gerdau SA and Gerdau Ameristeel released Q1 2009 earnings recently.  You can see Gerdau’s release here and Gerdau Ameristeel’s release here.  Both companies had positive EBITDA per ton in the first quarter, $77 for Gerdau and $33 for Gerdau Ameristeel.  Among the companies tracked on the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet, about half have posted […]

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Ternium Q1 2009 results

May 5, 2009

Yesterday after the market closed Ternium announced Q1 2009 financial results.  You can see the release here.  The company posted positive EBITDA of $57 per ton, the highest we’ve seen so far among the companies tracked on the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.

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ArcelorMittal Q1 2009 results

April 29, 2009

ArcelorMittal reported Q1 results this morning.  You can access the press release here and a slide presentation here.  The company had positive EBITDA per ton of $50 and expects slightly better results in Q2.  ArcelorMittal’s results have been added to the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.

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