Canadian steel producer Stelco is seeing the impact of its upgraded smart blast furnace, reporting production records and higher profit in the first quarter due to higher steel prices and increased value-added shipments of cold rolled and coated products. Compared to the previous quarter, revenue increased 57%, shipments jumped 38% and operating income soared a whopping […]
Ryerson’s first-quarter profits expanded despite an “extreme commodity environment” thanks to strong demand, higher selling prices and the sale of a facility in Washington. And the Chicago-based metals service center thinks the black ink will flow into the second quarter as well. “At this point in the second quarter, demand fundamentals have continued to improve […]
Nucor plans to spend $58 million to upgrade its engineered bar mill in Norfolk, Neb., with the aim of increasing sales to the automotive industry. The modernization project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022, the electric-arc furnace steelmaker said. The scope of work will include adding a new reheat furnace, […]
California Steel Industries (CSI) is increasing freight rates by 5-13% because of a shortage of flatbed trucks. The freight surcharge is effective immediately, and the exact amount varies by region, the West Coast slab converter said in a letter to customers Tuesday, May 4. “Transportation costs are rapidly increasing and are expected to continue to […]
Canadian flat-rolled steelmaker Stelco swung to a profit in the first quarter and expects high steel prices and sales volumes to galvanize results for the balance of the year. “All signs point to continued robust demand and strong pricing in the near term,” Stelco Executive Chairman and CEO Alan Kestenbaum said in a statement released […]
Tata Steel Europe confirmed that it’s implementing a carbon surcharge on all new steel across Europe, effective July 2021. This new initiative by the India-based steelmaker will essentially pass on the cost of carbon emissions allowances to the buyer. “We recognise the challenges of climate change,” said a Tata Steel Europe spokesperson. “Tata Steel’s strategy […]
Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI) will produce hot rolled coils from slabs produced at JSW Steel USA’s mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio, under a toll rolling agreement just signed between the two producers. Under the long-term agreement, a significant portion of the slabs produced in the JSW Mingo Junction melt shop will be converted to coils at […]
Long products steelmaker Gerdau has completed the installation and cold commissioning of the rolling mill upgrade at its structural steel mill in Petersburg, Va. The $33 million project–originally slated for completion by late 2020 but delayed due to the impact of COVID-19–has also begun initial hot rolling trials, a company spokesperson confirmed. The project involved […]
U.S. Steel has commenced a 25-day maintenance outage at the No. 1 blast furnace at its Mon Valley Works in western Pennsylvania. Steel Market Update has updated its blast furnace status chart to reflect the development. The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker said on its first quarter earnings call on Friday, April 30, that it had begun the […]
In a surprise announcement, U.S. Steel said it is canceling the endless casting and cogeneration project at Mon Valley Works. The company has already spent $170 million on the $1.3 billion project. “This is not the end of Mon Valley,” President and CEO David Burritt emphasized during the first quarter earnings call on Friday. The […]
Klöckner & Co. SE posted its best quarterly results in more than 12 years thanks to high steel prices, short supplies and a strong showing from its digital operations. The Duisburg, Germany-based service center, which has significant operations in the U.S., expects the good times to continue to roll in the second quarter. “The overall […]
U.S. Steel swung to a profit in the first quarter on higher steel prices and strong results from electric-arc furnace (EAF) producer Big River Steel. The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker recorded a $91-million profit in the first quarter of 2021 versus a $391-million loss in the same quarter of 2020 on revenue that jumped 33.1% to $3.66 […]
Allegheny Technologies Inc. posted a net loss of $7.9 million in the first quarter, with a slight recovery in jet engine production. First-quarter 2021 results are a vast improvement from the adjusted net loss of $41.9 million in the prior quarter, but a far cry from the pre-pandemic net income of $21.1 million in Q1 […]
Steel tube producer Tenaris saw global sales increase 5% sequentially to $1.18 billion in the first quarter of 2021, but results were still down 33% year-over-year. An 8% increase in volumes was offset by a 5% decrease in selling prices. Sales jumped 31% in North America as drilling activity picked up during the first quarter. […]
Ohio Pickling & Processing has added 30,000 square feet to its 200,000-square-foot service center in Toledo, Ohio, to house a new Braner/Loopco slitting line. The new line, the company’s third slitter, will be completed by the end of first-quarter 2022. The high-speed, shape-correcting, turret head slitting line will be able to process 72-inch-wide, 35-ton master coils in […]
Ternium has strong confidence in the growth potential for the Mexican steel industry. Despite a poor performance by the government in helping the economy recover from the impact of the pandemic, CEO Maximo Vedoya expects the industrial base will continue to grow. One of the drivers will be reshoring of the supply base, which will […]
Feralloy Corporation., a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., is planning to build a massive service center on the site of Steel Dynamics Inc.’s new flat rolled mill under construction in Sinton, Texas, near Corpus Christi. The new warehousing and processing center will be known as Acero Prime-Feralloy Texas. Acero Prime is Feralloy’s subsidiary […]
SSAB Americas reported lower shipments of 480,000 metric tons in the first quarter of 2021 despite strong demand for heavy plate in North America. Due to weather issues in February and lower slab inventories at the beginning of the quarter, shipments fell 16% from the previous quarter and 9% compared to Q1 2020. Higher steel […]
Australian steel producer BlueScope has raised its earnings guidance for 2H FY2021 to an earnings range between AUD $1 billion and $1.8 billion from the previous range of $750 million to $830 million. The boost in earnings is due in large part to the performance of North Star BlueScope, the company’s U.S. division in Ohio. HRC […]
Ternium remains on track to start up its new hot strip mill in Pesquería, outside of Monterrey, Mexico, on time, according to industry sources. The Latin American steelmaker has indicated that it expects to start up by early June and has already filled its June and July order books, market participants said. Ternium did not […]
The United Steelworkers (USW) union and Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) appear to be far from making a deal as a strike against the company enters its fourth week. The USW says ATI is under pressure because it finds itself unable to fulfill existing customer orders a result of the labor action. An ATI spokeswoman said the company is […]
Integrated steelmaker U.S. Steel Corp. announced plans to become carbon neutral by 2050, on top of its existing goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 20% across the company’s global footprint by 2030. The use of electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) and other advanced technologies will be crucial to achieving such significant carbon emission reductions, the […]
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., the nation’s largest metals distributor and processor, reported record pretax income of $359 million in first-quarter 2021, fueled by the unexpectedly high steel prices and solid demand in most of the markets the company serves. “The combination of a record quarterly gross profit margin, average selling prices well above our […]
Cleveland-Cliffs expects historically high steel prices and record profits to continue for the balance of the year. The integrated steelmaker forecasts that U.S. hot-rolled coil prices will average $1,100 per ton for the remaining three quarters the year, according to guidance released with first quarter earnings data on Thursday, April 22. That’s 21.5% below SMU’s […]
Cleveland-Cliffs expects historically high steel prices and record profits to continue for the balance of the year. The integrated steelmaker forecasts that U.S. hot-rolled coil prices will average $1,100 per ton for the remaining three quarters the year, according to guidance released with first quarter earnings data on Thursday, April 22. That’s 21.5% below SMU’s […]
Nucor posted its best quarter ever with net earnings of $942.4 million in first-quarter 2021. Net sales soared 33% to $7.02 billion in the quarter on higher steel prices and shipments. “The first quarter of 2021 was the most profitable quarter in our company’s history. We are clearly reaping the rewards from our prior investments […]
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is running all eight of its active blast furnaces and has no plans to take significant downtime in the second quarter, the company’s top executive said. “We do not have any major outages scheduled in Q2. We are focused on getting steel out the door,” Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves said during […]
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is running all eight of its active blast furnaces and has no plans to take significant downtime in the second quarter, the company’s top executive said. “We do not have any major outages scheduled in Q2. We are focused on getting steel out the door,” Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves said during […]
NLMK USA shipments rose to 430,000 metric tons in the first quarter of 2021, a 10% gain from the fourth quarter of 2020. Strong demand for hot rolled and hot-dipped galvanized coil by key customers benefited sales as did the end of the strike at NLMK Pennsylvania. Revenue jumped 63% quarter over quarter to $403 […]
Steel Dynamics Inc. had a stellar first quarter and looks forward to its new Sinton, Texas, mill beginning production later this summer. The $1.9 billion EAF mill is designed with production capabilities that will compete with traditional integrated steel producers, providing a differentiated product portfolio with a climate-conscious focus, SDI said. Four customers have committed […]