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| We've placed ourselves in a position of strength to have a sustainable capital foundation that provides the opportunity for meaningful strategic growth and strong shareholder returns while maintaining investment grade metrics |
| In total aggregate, long product demand remains solid and in flat rolled lead times are extending |
| Thank you for those that our shareholders and those on, I would hope that you consider us because we will create better shareholder value than most folks in the years ahead |
| We've got a phenomenal, phenomenal team of people that come to work, as I said earlier, inspired and positive each and every day |
| Our long product steel backlogs are good and customer inventory levels are low |
| Seeing significant momentum in our aluminum flat rolled investments, both current and prospective customers are excited by our market entry and the new and differentiated supply chain solutions we can provide |
| So it's a positive market momentum going into 2024 |
| I am incredibly proud to the whole SDI family |
| Demand is very, very solid across virtually every market sector that we have |
| We also plan to continue strong and responsible shareholder distributions as we've clearly demonstrated, we're squarely positioned for the continuation of sustainable, optimized long-term value creation |
| [Indiscernible] demand there is still strong and with tight supply, the auto build rate will likely be higher than the already anticipated 16 million unit plus for 2024 |
| We're seeing excellent order entry |
| Looking forward, steel backlogs are strong and customer order entry is good |
| We're no longer a pure steel company, but an integrated metals business providing an enhanced supply chain solutions to the industry |
| Our higher through cycle utilization rate is a key differentiator and supports our strong and growing through cycle cash generation capability and best-in-class financial metrics |
| Add my sincere appreciation to our teams for a really solid performance in the third quarter |
| We see solid industry fundamentals for the rest of this year and beyond, and we're focused on our continued transformational growth initiatives |
| Looking forward, we see a very positive -- very positive constructive market environment |
| Differentiated supply chain solutions driving customer preference and mitigating price volatility and support of downstream internal pull-through manufacturing volume are all contributors |
| The team continues to lever our circular manufacturing operating model, providing higher quality lower cost scrap to our still mills, which improves furnace efficiency and reduces company-wide working capital requirements |
| Our steel joist and deck demand remains solid with good order activity |
| Again, the backlog's very strong |
| Forward backlog pricing remains very strong and spot pricing resilient |
| Based on our backlog, customer sentiment and manufacturing momentum, we expect steel fabrication earnings to remain solid in the fourth quarter, but below third quarter levels based on seasonally lower volumes |
| Our cash generation continues to be strong based on our differentiated circular business model and variable cost structure |
| Our steel operations achieve strong shipments of 3.1 million tons and solid financial results in the third quarter |
| So from a historical basis and even from recent 2023, the pricing in the backlog is very strong |
| So we would expect to see a significant improvement from the third quarter given the fact that we weren't operating all of July |
| It'll also provide us with significant advantage to materially increase the recycled content for our aluminum flat rolled products and increase our earnings opportunities on that platform |
| As I remind those listening today, that safety for yourselves, your families, and for each other is the highest of priorities, but competitively position and continue to focus on providing superior value for our company, our customers, team members, our shareholders alike |
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| Third quarter 2023 revenues of $4.6 billion and operating income of $734 million were lower than sequential second quarter results driven by lower realized steel and steel fabrication pricing |
| Our steel operations generated operating income of $474 million in the third quarter lower than sequential second quarter results due to flat rolled steel pricing metal spray compression as realized pricing declined more than average scrap costs |
| What are the segments that are down that are negating some of the other growth or accounting for the decline? A high rise office building with work at home with lower consumer spending, ecommerce warehouses and retail space are poor |
| Operating income from our mills recycling operations was $19 million, significantly lower than second quarter results due to non-ferrous and ferrous metal spray compression |
| Our metals recycling platform had a challenging quarter |
| However, as I said, the constrained production is manifest from a low utilization rate caused principally by equipment reliability issues |
| Our steel fabrication operations achieved operating income of $330 million in the third quarter lower than sequential second quarter results, yet historically strong as average realized pricing declined 11% and volumes declined 16,000 tons |
| Sinton mill has proven its nameplate production capacity rate, and full product capability, but does remain challenged by equipment reliability issues |
| Ferrous scrap demand was also reduced as numerous domestic steel mills had maintenance outages in the quarter |
| Its demand from domestic steel mills softened and realized ferrous scrap prices declined |
| The Q3 ASP is already down 17% versus that level |
| The turn down in residential construction seems to be abating with a depletion of available home inventory |
| And for anyone that remains on the line, I would tell you I am blessed |
| If you're having seasonally lower volumes, I think it's a reasonable expectation to think pricing will be down somewhat, but we don't see it being in the same magnitude as the sequential second to third quarter, it'll be somewhat less than that |
| One is the fact that because Sinton didn't operate all of July, the way that you're calculating your conversion costs, that lack of volume does have a pretty significant impact |
| Scrap prices pulled back in the third quarter with bushing prices falling some $80 a ton |
| Successes cannot be achieved without the best metals team in the industry |
| So sequentially we would expect it to be modestly lower than what you would've seen the third quarter |
| SDI is blessed |
| According that we see a definite deficiency in supply that is exists in North America |
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