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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 Q1 2009 results

April 28, 2009

US Steel released Q1 2009 earnings results yesterday.  The company’s press release can be found here.  US Steel reported an operating loss of ($478) million.  EBITDA per ton was ($99), the lowest number reported so far among the companies tracked on the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.  To raise/conserve cash US Steel also cut its […]

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Nucor Q1 2009 results

April 23, 2009

Nucor reported Q1 results today.  See the company’s press release here.   Nucor’s EBITDA per ton was ($30), slightly better than the results reported by AK Steel and Steel Dynamics.  The results in Q1 and Q2 will be painful for the  steel industry but illuminating for steel nerds because we’ll have an opportunity to see what […]

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Steel Dynamics Q1 2009 results

April 23, 2009

Steel Dynamics released Q1 2009 results this morning.  See the company’s press release here.  EBITDA per ton was ($46), a little better than AK’s ($58) released yesterday.  Nucor announces earnings today as well.  Track the results and compare company performance on the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.

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AK Steel Q1 2009 results

April 22, 2009

AK Steel reported Q1 2009 results yesterday.  See the company’s press release here.  As expected operating income and EBITDA fell dramatically, along with AK’s quarterly shipments.  EBITDA per ton was ($58) in Q1 2009, down from $142 in Q1 2008 and $57 in Q4 2008. It will be interesting to see how the rest of […]

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Steel demand forecast for the US 2009-2013

April 7, 2009

Last week I spoke at the AMM Steel Tube & Pipe conference in Houston.  My presentation was titled “Return of the Evil Banana” and provides a forecast of 2009-2013 steel demand in the US.  The forecast is based on a proprietary First River model which relates steel demand in the US to NA automotive production […]

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Ternium 2008 financial results

February 24, 2009

Ternium announced 2008 financial results today.  You can read the company’s press release here.   Ternium’s EBITDA per ton in Q4 fell significantly from Q3 but remained near the top of the  companies we follow on a regular basis on the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.

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