Contributor: Michael Cowden

Canadian steelmaker ArcelorMittal Dofasco could be impacted by a strike on the St. Lawrence Seaway, a company spokeswoman said.

U.S. Steel on Thursday announced that it would increase spot prices for steel sheet by another $100 per ton.

Ford and United Auto Workers (UAW) leaders confirmed on Wednesday evening that they had reached a tentative labor agreement. “Ford is proud to assemble the most vehicles in America and employ the most hourly autoworkers,” Ford CEO and President Jim Farley said in a statement sent to SMU. “We are focused on restarting Kentucky Truck […]

Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” could be the theme song for the sheet market over the last month. A UAW strike? Shake it off. The lowest ABI since December 2020? Shake it off. A potentially widening conflict in the Middle East? Shake it off. Sheet prices have been rising since late September, and hot-rolled coil […]

Sheet prices rose for a fourth consecutive week following a second wave of price hikes announced by domestic mills.

The UAW went on strike on Tuesday at General Motor’s truck and SUV plant in Arlington, Texas – the automakers’ largest assembly plant in the US.

Nucor reported a drop in third quarter profits on lower steel prices, with the biggest hit to earnings occurring at its sheet mills. And the Charlotte, N.C.-based electric-arc furnace (EAF) steelmaker doesn't see things improving in the fourth quarter.

This week could be a big one for steel, or at least for the steel rumor mill. For starters, there is renewed speculation that an announcement about the U.S. Steel sales process could be in the works. The rumor mill is also churning fast when it comes to the duration of the UAW strike and […]

United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain indicated on Friday that a deal between the UAW and the “Big Three” automakers could be in sight.

US sheet mills launched a coordinated push to increase sheet prices for the first time since June.

U.S. Steel on Thursday said it planned to increase spot base prices for steel sheet by at least $100 per ton ($5 per cwt).

Wiley partner Alan Price will be the featured speaker on Steel Market Update’s next Community Chat webinar on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. ET. You can register here.

Nucor Corp. aims to raise base prices for hot-rolled coil to a minimum of of $800 per ton ($40 per cwt).

Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) reported a drop in third quarter profits on lower prices for flat-rolled steel as well as for fabricated products.

If you think prices will continue to rise, you might point to longer lead times and stable order entry.

Sheet prices notched a third consecutive week of gains on limited supply and stable demand outside of automotive operations impacted by the UAW strike.

SMU’s latest survey data are out, and they reflect a consensus among steel buyers that sheet prices have bottomed out and might rebound. Lead times continue to extend. Fewer sheet and plate mills are willing to negotiate lower spot prices. And 70% of survey respondents think prices have already bottomed out or will later this […]

The sheet market appears poised for a rebound if you’re looking at the indicators we typically track.

Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) plans to take a four-day outage at its sheet mill in Butler, Ind., according to sources familiar with the matter.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) unexpectedly expanded its strike against Ford on Wednesday evening, when 8,700 union members walked out of the automaker’s Kentucky Truck Plant.

Sheet prices remain on an upward trend. Many of you expect that to remain the case - assuming that the UAW strike doesn’t drag on much longer.

Sheet prices moved upward for the second week in a row despite the ongoing UAW strike and concerns in some corners that momentum from a price hike last month might be fading, market participants said.

A service center executive recently told me that the best way to make a fool of yourself was to try to predict what flat-rolled steel prices were going to do. He hadn’t expected that hot-rolled coil prices would rebound from less than $600 per ton ($30 per cwt) for some larger buyers to potentially more […]

The US steel market appears to have gone from despairing over the possibility of spot HRC prices slipping into the $500s per ton to worrying about spot availability – and in just a matter of 2-3 weeks.

Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has lost some production this month at its sheet mill in Columbus, Miss., on a combination of planned and unplanned outages, according to sources familiar with the matter.

U.S. Steel will take a 16-day planned outage beginning next week on the No. 6 blast furnace (BF) at its Gary Works in northwest Indiana.

Did the price increase announced by Cleveland-Cliffs last week stick? Yes, at least partially.

Sheet prices rose this week on the heels of a price increase announced by Cleveland-Cliffs last week that was quietly followed by other mills.

Will the sheet price hike announced by Cleveland-Cliffs (and quietly followed by at least some mills) stick?

Algoma Steel Inc. plans to ramp up production at its modernized plate mill toward the end of the year. Operations Update The Canadian sheet and plate producer said it in the meantime continues hot commissioning at the upgraded facility and has begun cold commissioning as well. The company said it has also run trials through […]