Contributor: Ethan Bernard

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.

Some of you may remember when the year “2000” seemed like the distant future.

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.

Nucor executive Daniel Needham detailed at this year's Steel Summit what’s on the horizon for the steelmaker as the company continues to diversify.

Esmark has withdrawn its bid for U.S. Steel.

Global steel production increased 6.6% year over year (YoY) in July to 158.5 million metric tons, according to the latest report from the World Steel Association (worldsteel).

A wide-ranging discussion on the SMU Steel Summit 'Domestic Steel Panel: Investing for the Future' saw executives from leading steel companies debate the likelihood of passing on a surcharge to consumers for products with lower CO2 content.

Metals and electronics recycler Sims Ltd. reported lower earnings in its North America Metal division for its fiscal-year 2023 that ended June 30 due to “falling sales prices and strong domestic competition.”

Ford Motor is getting white-collar workers ready to do blue-collar jobs at parts depots in the event of a strike, according to an article in The Detroit Free Press on Thursday.

SMU's Current Sentiment Index slipped this week, while the Future Steel Buyers Sentiment Index jumped 10 points from the last market check, according to our most recent survey data.

The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) endorsed the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) panel report regarding the Section 232 duties against China on steel and aluminum. The report recognized the duties as “security measures,” rejecting China’s arguments against them.

The mill negotiation rate was mixed this week for sheet products but relatively level, while the rate for plate jumped over 15 percentage points from two weeks earlier, according to SMU’s most recent survey data.

Manufacturing activity decreased in New York state in August, according to the most recent Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

ArcelorMittal is considering throwing its hat into the ring as a potential suitor for U.S. Steel, according to an article in Reuters on Wednesday.