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The Trump administration may be considering alternative tariff plans, but Trump said the report is "Fake News."

While steel news may be starting 2025 off with a bang, Nucor’s consumer spot price (CSP) for hot-rolled coil is not.

“We continue to make significant progress in our strategic transformation to become one of North America's leading low-carbon steel producers, setting the stage for an exciting 2025,” CEO Michael Garcia said.

“Responsible management will continue to invest in those facilities,” McCall stated.

“U.S. manufacturing activity contracted again in December, but at a slower rate compared to November,” according to Timothy Fiore, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.

The US Department of Commerce has determined that anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) on welded line pipe imports from China and Japan should remain in place for five more years.

The December reading of 36.9 declined 3.3 points from the previous month to the lowest reading since May 2024.

Nippon Steel's purchase of U.S. Steel could lead to lower steel output domestically, and that presents “a national security risk," the Washington Post reported.

Will Santa bring gifts for the leadership, employees, and shareholders of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, and lumps of coal for USW leadership and politicians opposed to the deal?

A trustee has formally taken over AHMSA and begun the liquidation process of the bankrupt Mexican steelmaker.

Amid a challenging pricing and demand environment, and with the ongoing ramp-up of the Big River 2 mill, USS is anticipating a loss for the fourth quarter.

“Manufacturers are optimistic,” said Timothy R. Fiore, chair of ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.

Depressed demand and weak prices drove Worthington Steel’s second fiscal quarter results to a sequential decline.

“New commodity-specific tariffs, mainly on steel and aluminum products, could widen price differentials and divert trade flows,” the credit agency forewarned.

The Commerce Department is raising the import duties on imports of corrosion-resistant sheet and cut-to-length plate from Korea.

The steelmaker has kept its weekly consumer spot price for hot-rolled steel sheet unchanged since Nov. 12.

The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) slid further in November as planning for data centers and warehouses continued to decline.

Nucor’s weekly spot price for hot-rolled (HR) coil will remain at $750 per short ton (st) for a fifth week.

A newly adjusted anti-dumping duty on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Argentina is too low, according to U.S. Steel. This past week, the Department of Commerce released the preliminary results of annual AD duty order reviews on OCTG from both Argentina and Mexico. It is reviewing imports during the one-year period that […]

Canada has launched its own investigation into the dumping of corrosion-resistant steel sheet. Unlike the sprawling coated case underway in the US, this one will look at coated imports from just one country and company.

Jodi Parnell has been named president and CEO of Birmingham, Ala.-based service center group O’Neal Steel.

A trustee will lead AHMSA through the liquidation stage of its bankruptcy.

After a career in steel spanning four decades, Chuck Schmitt, head of SSAB Americas, will retire next year.

For the fourth week in a row, Nucor will keep its published spot price for hot-rolled (HR) coil unchanged.

Flat-rolled steel service center Alliance Steel has expanded into the tubular market with the launch of Alliance Tubular Products. The new Alliance division manufactures square and rectangular electric resistance welded (ERW) products and steel HSS tubing. Production has already started and will continue to ramp up next year, the company said in a statement. Alliance […]

Nucor is holding its hot-rolled (HR) coil base price flat at $750/st for the third week in a row.

Primetals Technologies will be replacing two electric-arc furnaces at a steel mill in the US with one more energy-efficient furnace.

Nippon Steel says it respects the US Department of Commerce’s findings in administrative reviews despite the agency recently assigning the Japanese steelmaker a higher dumping margin.

With climbing imports and falling consumption, the Latin American steel industry has had a challenging 2024, according to an Alacero report.

One of the perhaps unintentional perks of being a trade journalist is the opportunity to travel and cover an array of industry conferences and events. Some I've attended have been at fun locations, like Palm Springs and Tampa, Fla. Others have been in more practical locations, like SMU’s Steel Summit in Atlanta and American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) meetings in Washington, D.C.