Steel News

Trump Reportedly Wants a Blanket Steel Tariff

26 February 2018 - U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly is in favor of imposing a blanket tariff on steel imports, according to the Bloomberg news service.

HarbisonWalker Rounds Out Senior Leadership

23 February 2018 - Refractories manufacturer has named two manufacturing executives to its senior leadership team and has appointed a company veteran to lead development of new technologies, the company has announced.

Liberty House Pulls U.S., U.K. Mills Out of the Mothballs

20 February 2018 - The United Kingdom’s Liberty House Group has restarted an idled electric arc furnace in England and said it plans to put a closed U.S. wire rod mill back into service within the next four months.

Grupo Simec Starts Up Mexican SBQ Mill

20 February 2018 - Grupo Simec’s new bar and rod mill in Apizaco, Mexico, has rolled its first billet, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.

ArcelorMittal to Furnish Cryogenic Plate for U.S. Petrochemical Plant

20 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal has won an order for 770 metric tons worth of specialty steel plates from Royal Dutch Shell, the steelmaker said on Monday.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Recommends Quotas, Tariffs to Control Imports

16 February 2018 - The U.S. Commerce Department has concluded that steel and aluminum imports threaten U.S. national security and should be restricted through hefty tariffs and quotas, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday.

AK Steel Signs With Harsco for Scrap Services

16 February 2018 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. said it has signed a seven-year agreement to begin providing scrap management services to AK Steel Corp.’s Mansfield, Ohio, Works.

Steel Processor to Set Up Shop at Big River Steel

15 February 2018 - An Illinois-based private equity firm has plans to build a sheet processing plant at Big River Steel, the firm announced on Thursday.

Trump Says He Might Use Tariffs, Quotas to Restrict Steel Imports

14 February 2018 - U.S. President Donald Trump told Republican and Democratic legislators on Tuesday that he is thinking about restricting steel and aluminum imports through tariffs, quotas or a combination of the two.

Trump Talks Trade with Lawmakers as Commerce Opens Another Steel Dumping Investigation

13 February 2018 - With roughly 60 days remaining for U.S. President Donald Trump to impose new import limitation on steel, Trump is meeting today with legislators to discuss the pending decision, according to the Reuters news service.

IPSCO Sets Aside Initial Public Offering

12 February 2018 - IPSCO Tubulars has postponed its initial public offering, citing adverse market conditions.

ArcelorMittal Awards Strip Mill Contract to Primetals Technologies

09 February 2018 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a hot strip mill and a hot skinpass mill from ArcelorMittal Mexico, the equipment supplier has announced.

Florida County Approves Tax Abatement for US$227 Million Nucor Project

08 February 2018 - Nucor Corp. has been awarded a local property tax exemption for a US$227 million project, according to The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger.

SMS group, Arkansas College Form Partnership on Steelmaking School

07 February 2018 - SMS group and Arkansas Northeastern College, a community college based in Blytheville, Ark., USA, have formalized plans to establish a steelmaking training program.

SES to Build Flash Bainite Process Line

07 February 2018 - SFP Works LLC, the entity that is working to commercialize a steel produced by way of a patented heat-treat process, has chosen strip processing and material handling equipment specialist SES to build its first production line.

U. S. Steel Sets Temporary Leadership for Tubular Business

05 February 2018 - United States Steel Corporation has named senior vice president Douglas R. Matthews as the interim head of its tubular business.

Report: Nucor Eyes Sunshine State for US$227 Million Investment

05 February 2018 - Nucor Corp. reportedly is considering building a US$227 million facility in central Florida, according to The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger.

Trump Pushes for US$1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

01 February 2018 - Delivering his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, U. S. President Donald Trump called for a US$1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild America’s crumbling roads and bridges.

U. S. Steel Posts Quarterly, Yearly Profit

01 February 2018 - United States Steel Corporation returned to full-year profitability in 2017 as the iconic Pittsburgh steelmaker recorded net earnings of US$387 million.

AK Steel Completes Mill Upgrades, Explains Cause of Steel Spill

31 January 2018 - AK Steel recently completed US$26 million in upgrades to its Mansfield and Middletown works in Ohio, bringing the projects in on time and without incident, executives reported on Tuesday.