
Esmark Starts Flat Rolled Supply Business in Mexico
Esmark Steel Group has established Esmark Steel International, a business focused on supplying the Mexican industrial steel market.
Esmark Steel Group has established Esmark Steel International, a business focused on supplying the Mexican industrial steel market.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said 4,000 union members at Mack Trucks have rejected a tentative labor agreement and went on strike Monday morning.
Cleveland-based service center group Olympic Steel has named a new aluminum sales director.
Worthington Industries Inc. announced on Oct. 5 the expansion of its Tempel Steel facility in Apodaca, Mexico.
The United Auto Workers’ (UAW) strike against the Big Three Detroit-area automakers was not expanded on Friday, as “significant progress” is being made in contract negotiations.
As steel production in the US continues to get cleaner, aluminum end users are calling on the government to invest in American-made, clean aluminum
The Big Three automakers reported their third-quarter sales this week, with two of the three showing strong year-over-year gains.
General Motors made its sixth contract offer to the United Auto Workers (UAW) as the union continues its strike against all three Detroit-area automakers.
Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has lost some production this month at its sheet mill in Columbus, Miss., on a combination of planned and unplanned outages, according to sources familiar with the matter.
U.S. Steel will take a 16-day planned outage beginning next week on the No. 6 blast furnace (BF) at its Gary Works in northwest Indiana.
Commercial Metals Company (CMC) has unveiled its new branding as "CMC," reflecting its growth beyond metals.
Ford Motor Co. presented its seventh offer to the United Auto Workers (UAW) on Tuesday amid the union’s ongoing strike.
Ryerson has acquired Norlen Inc., a Wisconsin-based metal fabricator, for an undisclosed sum.
Ford Motor Co. announced layoffs in Ohio and Illinois on Monday, citing the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.
Algoma Steel Group has extended its iron ore purchase agreement with U.S. Steel for another two years.
Cleveland-Cliffs has signed a non-disclosure agreement with U.S. Steel as the latter continues with its strategic review sales process.
A UAW strike at Mack Trucks was avoided this week when a tentative labor agreement was reached.
Olympic Steel has acquired Conway, Ark.-based Central Tube & Bar (CTB).
Algoma Steel Inc. plans to ramp up production at its modernized plate mill toward the end of the year. Operations Update The Canadian sheet and plate producer said it in the meantime continues hot commissioning at the upgraded facility and has begun cold commissioning as well. The company said it has also run trials through […]
Pessimism grew among metalformers in September’s business report from the Precision Metalforming Association.
Electrode producer GrafTech International announced on Thursday, Sept. 28 that its president and CEO is stepping down.
SMU's weekly survey reflects what people in the market are talking about. Lately, a popular topic has been the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union expanded its strike on Friday, calling on an additional 7,000 workers at Ford and General Motors plants to strike as of 12 p.m. ET.
Nucor Corp. will keep plate prices unchanged with the opening of its November order book.
While lead times for sheet again had mixed movements this week, those for plate collapsed, according to SMU’s most recent market survey.
Worthington Industries said it has so far been little impacted by the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.
Worthington Industries Inc. on Wednesday reported net income of $96.1 million in its fiscal 2024 first quarter, up 49.9% from a year earlier despite net sales falling 15.3% over the same period. The Columbus, Ohio-based service center and manufacturer said the drop resulted mostly from lower average prices in its steel processing division as well as lower overall sales volumes.
Nucor has announced a collaboration with fusion power company Helion to develop a 500-megawatt nuclear fusion power plant.
The United Steelworkers International (USW) executive board on Tuesday appointed David McCall as the union’s new international president. He will fill the remainder of Tom Conway’s term.
Despite economic headwinds in the headlines, the near-term future could prove brighter than expected, according to members of the Heating, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) speaking on the Tuesday, Sept. 26, meeting of its Sheet Metal/Air Handling Council.