Contributor: Laura Miller

Mexican service center Aceromex has installed a new cut-to-length line in its facility in Cienega de Flores in the state of Nuevo Leon.

Swampy. Sticky. Mushy. Murky. These were all words galvanized buyers used this week to describe the current state of the US steel market.

BlueScope Steel is progressing on its expansion plans for the US market. Those plans include lifting the capacity of its North Star sheet mill and setting up a greenfield metal coating facility in the Midwest.

Fall is coming in North America, and with it, steel mills' regularly scheduled fall maintenance outages.

Union workers at Cleveland-Cliffs’ Dearborn Works have approved a new four-year labor agreement.

Despite this summer’s “challenging near-term pricing and uncertain macroeconomic conditions,” Algoma Steel CEO Michael Garcia said the company is focusing on what it can control: operating safely, providing exceptional customer service, and successfully executing its capital programs.

Italian mill equipment provider Danieli announced a Mexican company has ordered two electric-resistance welded (ERW) tube mills from Danieli Centro Tubes.

Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) announced it is entering the third stage of bankruptcy.

The Department of Commerce issued the p antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) on corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from South Korea.

The European Commission has initiated a trade case investigating allegedly dumped hot-rolled coil imports from Egypt, India, Japan, and Vietnam. The European Steel Association (EUROFER) filed the complaint in June, according to an Aug. 8 notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The Department of Commerce is updating the antidumping duties on imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the Sultanate of Oman’s Al Jazeera Steel Products Co.

Canada’s steel and aluminum industries joined forces to call on the government for the imposition of tariffs on steel, aluminum, and electric vehicles.

Nucor’s weekly consumer spot price (CSP) for hot-rolled (HR) coil is unchanged from last week at $690/ton.

The Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled against BlueScope Steel and its affiliates' challenge of a sunset review of the antidumping duties on hot-rolled (HR) steel flat imports.

Lower steel prices and expenses from ongoing litigation negatively impacted Ternium’s second-quarter results. On Wednesday, the Luxembourg-based Latin American steelmaker posted a Q2 loss of $743 million on sales that rose 17% from last year to $4.5 billion.

Former U.S. Steel executive Kenneth Jaycox is moving from steel to the automotive parts industry.

When we last talked to Jared Rowe in May, he had just been appointed Reibus International's new CEO and chairman of the board. Now two months into the job, SMU caught up with him on our July 24 Community Chat for the latest on the online metals marketplace.

Reliance Inc. said a faster-than-expected decline in carbon steel prices offset higher shipments in the second quarter.

SSAB said lower plate prices in the US were the primary reason for reduced results in the second quarter. With a dismal Q3 outlook, the Swedish steelmaker is adjusting production across its facilities. That includes moving up its annual US mill outage in anticipation of a better Q4. SSAB Americas Revenues in the Americas segment […]

ArcelorMittal Mexico reached an agreement with the local mining union on Thursday, July 18, to end the 55-day blockade of its steelmaking and mining facilities in Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacán. While a large majority of Section 271 of the Sindicato Nacional de Mineros voted to accept the proposal, a group of unknown size continues to protest illegally and has even turned to violence, according to the company.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have just over two months left to reach a new labor agreement and avoid a strike at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. However, with talks still suspended, ILA’s president says a strike looks more likely with each passing day.

Steel Dynamics Inc. executives provided further insight into operations at the company’s Sinton, Texas, flat-rolled steel mill on a second-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday morning. Despite a series of start-up woes, the company recently commissioned two new coating lines there, and the mill continues to ramp up production. The execs were also bullish on […]

Growth in the US economy continues to be constrained. The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report for July shows more areas reporting flat or declining economic activity than in its previous report at the end of May.

Cleveland-Cliffs has been pursuing M&A opportunities for some time now and thinks it has found a solid partner with aligned interests in Stelco. The companies announced on Monday that Cliffs would acquire the integrated Canadian steelmaker. That same day, Cliffs held a conference call with analysts to discuss the acquisition. Lourenco Goncalves, Cliffs’ chairman, president, […]

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has agreed to purchase Canada’s Stelco Holdings Inc. in a deal valued at $2.5 billion (CA$3.4 billion).

Two veteran investment bankers joined SMU's Community Chat on Wednesday, July 10, to talk consolidation and M&A in the metals industry.

The local mining union has rejected a proposal to end the labor strike at ArcelorMittal Mexico’s Lazaro Cardenas mill and Las Truchas mine in Michoacán, Mexico.

Longs producer and metal recycler CMC plans to open a new rebar fabrication plant in Akron, Ohio.

The US and Mexico announced measures on Wednesday to prevent tariff evasion and protect North America’s steel and aluminum industries.

US steel imports registered a steep decline from May, with June licenses falling to the lowest monthly level so far this year.