Contributor: Ethan Bernard

The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike that started Friday leaves the Detroit 3 automakers—and it’s union-represented workers—in uncharted territory.

Unifor, the union which represents Canada’s auto workers, has written a letter in solidarity with the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike as its own labor contract deadline nears.

The spread between hot-rolled coil (HRC) and prime scrap prices continued to narrow this month, according to Steel Market Update’s most recent pricing data.

SMU's Current and Future Steel Buyers Sentiment Indices both ticked up this week before the United Auto Workers (UAW) union strike was declared, based on our most recent survey data.

Nucor expects third-quarter earnings to be lower sequentially and on-year, the steelmaker said in earnings guidance on Thursday.

The overall steel mill negotiation rate jumped 14 percentage points this week vs. the last market check, with plate's rate rising by eight percentage points, according to SMU's most recent survey data.

Domestic scrap prices for shredded and HMS were sideways in September vs. August. However, busheling fell precipitously during the month, according to scrap sources surveyed by SMU.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is preparing a “strategic strike,” targeting specific plants at all three of the Detroit  automakers, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press.

Steel Dynamics Inc. (Inc.) has entered into a long-term agreement with Array Technologies to provide a fixed supply of coil for the solar tracking equipment maker’s US projects.

A Stellantis executive detailed today the progress the automaker is making with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union as a “good path” ahead of Thursday’s contract deadline.

Automaker Stellantis presented what it said was a "strong" contract offer to the United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Friday. The union's initial reaction was not positive.

Cleveland-Cliffs said on Friday its United Steelworkers (USW) union employees at its Northshore Mining operations in Minnesota have ratified a new three-year labor agreement.

H2 Green Steel said it has raised ~€1.5 billion (USD$1.6 billion) in equity to finance the company’s large-scale green steel plant in Boden, Sweden, and Europe’s first “giga-scale electrolyzer.”

US Senator JD Vance (R., Ohio) said U.S. Steel must not be bought by a foreign bidder, according to an op-ed he published on Sept. 5 in the Washington Post.

Steel shipments in the US were down year over year and sequentially in July, according to the latest data from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain said Wednesday the union plans to strike against any Detroit automaker with which it hasn’t reached an agreement by the time the labor contract expires, according to an interview with the Associated Press.

Sweden’s H2 Green Steel has signed an agreement with Brazilian miner Vale to jointly study the feasibility of developing green industrial hubs in Brazil and North America.

President Biden downplayed the prospect of a strike by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in comments on Monday, according to a report by Detroit’s WXYZ’s news.

Olympic Steel said Leah M. Kiley has been promoted to the role of general manager for the company’s Minneapolis plate processing facility.

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SMU's Current and Future Steel Buyers Sentiment Indices both edged down this week, based on our most recent survey data.

The overall mill negotiation rate slipped this week, though plate jumped, rising by 25 percentage points, according to SMU's most recent survey data.

Scrap sources had a mixed outlook for US scrap prices for September.

Radius Recycling, formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries, said the company’s common stock will start trading on NASDAQ under the symbol ‘RDUS’ at the open of market trading on Sept. 1.

Nucor broke ground on its newest micro mill in Lexington, N.C., on Friday.

Leading voices in US the scrap industry discussed the current outlook and future challenges at Steel Summit 2023’s panel on Scrap and Metallics: Navigating the Boom in EAF Sheet Production.

United Auto Workers (UAW) at battery cell maker Ultium Cells in Lordstown, Ohio, ratified an interim labor agreement over the weekend.

Three prominent steel analysts proposed their outlooks for next year in the Steel Price Forecast: Boom or Bust in 2024? panel at Steel Summit 2023 in Atlanta.

The United Autoworkers (UAW) union said Friday its strike authorization vote passed “with near universal approval” from its members at the Detroit 3 automakers.

BlueScope’s North American earnings dropped in its fiscal year ended June 30 compared with the previous year, primarily on lower Midwest hot-rolled coil (HRC) benchmark prices.