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    SMU Interviews Ternium Mexico CEO

    Written by Brett Linton


    Over the next couple of years there will be approximately 20 million tons of capacity built in North America. Most of us focus on the capacity being built by Nucor, Steel Dynamics, JSW USA and others. What is overlooked is the capacity being built just south of the U.S. border in Mexico.

    In an effort to better understand the Mexican market, Steel Market Update traveled to Monterrey, Mexico where we met with Cesar Jimenez, CEO of Ternium Mexico.

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