The US Department of Commerce has slightly adjusted Hyundai Steel’s countervailing duty (CVD) on its shipments of hot-rolled steel flats to the US. The adjustment comes after Hyundai challenged Commerce’s results of the 2017 administrative review of the duties at the US Court of International Trade (CIT). The CIT agreed with Hyundai that Commerce had […]
Steel service center Willbanks Metals Inc. is expanding in Fort Worth, Texas. The company recently purchased property across the street from the current location of its headquarters and flat-rolled steel sheet and plate service center, allowing it to expand with a new Red Bud stretcher leveler and additional processing equipment. “We are thrilled to continue […]
Antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China will remain in place for another five years. In the final results of the expedited sunset review of the duties, the US International Trade Commission voted unanimously that removing the duties would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the […]
With a total investment of $150 million Canadian (US$109.9 million), Tenaris recently consolidated its seamless and welded pipe manufacturing operations in Canada into one location in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to better serve the country’s energy sector. An inauguration ceremony with company executives, customers, employees, and government officials was held on Sept. 27 to mark […]
The Hamilton, Ohio-based Matandy steel and metal companies are now 100% employee owned. The prior owners of 35 years, Frank and Joanne Pfirman, recently converted the company to an employee stock option plan, surprising its 110 employees on Sept. 28 with the announcement. “I knew if we were to sell to a competitor or venture […]
JFE Shoji continues to invest and expand in North America. JFE Shoji Power Canada Inc. announced it will invest $20 million over the next 18 months to expand production of electrical transformer cores for use in oil-filled distribution and larger power transformer markets. This will increase its use of electrical steel, a product which is […]
A new spiralweld pipe mill has officially opened its doors in Houston. The JDF/HDM mill, a partnership between Houston-based JD Fields and Turkish pipe piling manufacturer HDM Çelik Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, has been rolling pipe successfully for two months now. An official ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, to celebrate […]
Worthington Industries announced it will be splitting off its steel business and creating two separate, publicly traded businesses. Worthington’s Steel Processing business segment will become the independent Worthington Steel, with an aim to be a processor with expanded offerings in electrical steel laminations and automotive lightweighting solutions. Worthington’s current chief operating officer, Geoff Gilmore, will serve as the […]
The US Department of Commerce has issued its final determinations in the trade case investigating the dumping of OCTG imports from Mexico, Argentina, and Russia, and the subsidization of OCTG from Russia and South Korea. The investigations include both welded and seamless OCTG. Antidumping Case In the final results of the case investigating Mexico, Commerce […]
Steel sheet processor Steel Technologies LLC is expanding its campus in Decatur, Ala., to produce steel blanks to be used in the automotive, agricultural, and consumer goods markets. The initial expansion plan has already secured a commitment for approximately 50,000 tons of coil and blank processing, according to a LinkedIn post from the company. A […]
Demand for galvanized sheet is strong or softening, depending on where you’re located, according to members of the Heating, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) Sheet Metal/Air Handling Council. And with pricing bouncing along somewhat steadily in recent weeks, most members are not expecting any big swings in galvanized pricing in the coming months. In […]
Canadian flat-rolled steelmaker Algoma Steel Inc. expects results for its fiscal 2023 second quarter to be down significantly compared to prior quarters because of operational challenges, declining shipments, and lower prices. In its latest earnings guidance, the Sault St. Marie, Ontario-based company said it expects fiscal ’23 Q2 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and […]
Tensions continue to escalate between US Steel and the United Steelworkers (USW) union as the two sides remain far apart on reaching a new labor agreement. On Sept. 26, the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker went so far as to file an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against the USW. “We have continued […]
Shipments of iron and steel, coke, and scrap metal on the St. Lawrence Seaway System were robust in the first eight months of this year, according to the latest figures released by the Great Lakes Seaway Partnership. Steel shipments on the Seaway were up 3.92% from the same period of 2021, reaching 1.282 million metric […]
Ford Motor Co. has broken ground on a new, $5.6 billion auto production complex in Stanton, Tenn., where it plans to build all-new electric trucks and advanced batteries. The groundbreaking comes less than a year after the Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker and SK On, a Seoul-based battery technology company, announced the investment. A mega campus of […]
Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) has restarted its electric arc furnace (EAF) in Monclova, Coahuila, which had been down since July due to a failure at its electrical substation. Work to repair the substation was slowed by difficulties in sourcing the right equipment, which in turn delayed the restart of the EAF, according to a […]
Existing home sales in the US continue to be impacted by escalating mortgage rates, according to the latest information from the National Association of Realtors. Falling for a seventh consecutive month, sales of existing homes in August declined 0.4% from the month prior and were down 19.9% from one year ago to a seasonally-adjusted annual […]
Nucor Corp. is pursuing LEED v4 for Building and Design certification for its new plate mill in Brandenburg, Ky. With categories of sustainable performance and climate change, and third-party transparency and reporting requirements, the certification is even more rigorous than previous LEED rating systems, the Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker said in a press release. “Sustainability has […]
Zekelman Industries is set to build a new steel tube galvanizing facility in Blytheville, Ark. The new, 200,000-tons-per-year Wheatland Tube facility will share a campus with Zekelman’s existing Atlas Tube operations there. The new facility will serve the fence, solar, and mechanical markets, producing tubes using Wheatland’s ThunderCoat™ inline galvanized coating. Construction is slated to […]
ThyssenKrupp Material Services is investing $37 million to build a new aluminum and steel service center in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to serve the automotive supply markets. Operations at the new location are scheduled to begin mid-2023. A Schuler blanking line to cut aluminum and high-strength steel blanks will be a focal point of the […]
To bring its results in line with a recent US Court of International Trade (CIT) decision, the US Department of Commerce is amending antidumping duties on imports of hot-rolled steel flat products from Australia. The move comes after Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. was successful in challenging at the CIT Commerce’s final results of the first administrative review […]
The US Department of Commerce has released updated antidumping duty rates on certain pipe and tube imports after administrative reviews. It has also brought prior determinations in line with remand orders from the US Court of International Trade (CIT). OCTG Commerce set a 1.59% weighted-average dumping margin for the Interpipe group of companies in the preliminary results of […]
GrafTech Mexico SA de CV has temporarily suspended manufacturing of graphite electrodes at its facility in Monterrey, Nuevo León, after an inspection revealed its operating license is no longer in effect. Discovery of the invalid operating license was made during an inspection by the State Attorney’s Office for the Secretary of Environment of the State […]
A group of European steel companies and nongovernmental agencies, members of the Austrian non-profit organization ResponsibleSteel, have come together to create international standards for greenhouse gas emissions as the industry works to decarbonize across the supply chain. The ResponsibleSteel International Standard V2.0 will allow steel companies to clearly show how they are driving down GHG […]
SSAB Americas is forging ahead to show customers, the government, and other stakeholders that it is serious about sustainability and achieving its ultimate goal of “net zero” emissions. The flat-rolled steelmaker recently released Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its steel plate and coil products that show it is well ahead not just of others in […]
United States Steel Corporation has idled the No. 8 blast furnace at its Gary Works in Indiana due to market conditions and high import levels. A spokeswoman confirmed the idling began on Sept. 7. “We continue to monitor market conditions and plan to bring the furnace back online when business conditions allow,” she told SMU. […]
Steel Dynamics Inc. expects its third quarter earnings to be down from the second quarter as the Fort Wayne, Ind.-based steelmaker is seeing lower flat rolled earnings and pricing, as well as continued impacts from the start-up of its new sheet mill in Sinton, Texas. SDI’s earnings guidance is in the range of $4.93–4.97 per […]
A planned maintenance outage at SSAB America’s 1.25-million-tons-per-year plate mill in Montpelier, Iowa, began this week, the company confirmed to Steel Market Update. The outage had been planned for October but was moved up into September and is now expected to last through Oct. 5. Costs related to the outage were previously anticipated to be […]
Everguard.ai CEO Sandeep Pandya will be the featured speaker on the next SMU Community Chat webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. ET. The live webinar is free for anyone to attend. A recording will be available for SMU members. You can register for the webinar here. Sandeep will explain some of the most innovative […]
Lapham-Hickey Steel has acquired SMC Metal Fabricators of Oshkosh, Wisc., for an undisclosed sum. SMC operates a 115,000-square-foot facility adjacent to two Lapham-Hickey facilities in Oshkosh. Its facility, previously owned by the Albright family for nearly three decades, hosts laser cutting, forming, welding, powder coating, and assembly services. SMC’s products and services “will enhance our […]