North America
All the latest headlines from NAFTA trading partners: the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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Union Workers Locked Out of Georgia Tube Plant
24 August 2018 - Bull Moose Tube Co. has locked out 56 union employees at its Trenton, Ga., USA, plant after the company declared an impasse on contract negotiations.
Commerce Department Takes Action on Pipe Imports
23 August 2018 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has found that producers of large-diameter welded pipe in six countries have been dumping product and undercutting domestic prices.
Motion Industries CEO Remembered as a Friend and Inspiration
22 August 2018 - Industrial replacement parts distributor Motion Industries Inc. is mourning the loss of president and chief executive Tim Breen, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 58.
Electric Metal Makers Guild Names New Officers
22 August 2018 - The Electric Metal Makers Guild has named its 2018-2019 slate of officers, appointing Jonathan Ridgeway of CMC Steel Alabama in Birmingham as president.
EVRAZ Greenlights Landmark Solar Energy Project
22 August 2018 - EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel has entered into an agreement with Xcel Energy to install a 204-MW solar project at its steelmaking operations in Pueblo, Colo., USA.
Zekelman Industries Files for US$100 Million IPO
21 August 2018 - The pipe and tube giant filed its initial public offering on Friday, 17 August, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Knocked Off-Line
08 August 2018 - The No. 3 blast furnace at ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor facility has taken an unplanned outage after its large bell fell in during a charge, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Algoma Moves To End Creditor Protection
06 August 2018 - After operating under creditor protection for more than two and a half years, Canada’s Algoma might be set to emerge under new ownership.
Steelworkers Approve New Labor Deal At Ohio Mill
06 August 2018 - A United Steelworkers local has ratified a six-year labor agreement with Pennsylvania-based Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc., the company said Monday.
AISI Throws Support Behind Emissions Standards Rewrite
06 August 2018 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said it welcomes the Trump administration’s plan to revise fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.
New Twist Develops in Long-Planned Minnesota Mine Project
03 August 2018 - The former Essar Steel Minnesota taconite project faces new uncertainty as a dispute over the project’s ownership has arisen, according to reports.
Acquisition Expands Boomerang Tube’s Processing Capabilities
02 August 2018 - Texas-based oil country tubular goods maker Boomerang Tube LLC has acquired nearby casings processor Southern Tube LLC for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced.
INBLIC Technologies Partners With GE Digital on Software Solution
30 July 2018 - Mexico’s INBLIC Technologies has signed an agreement allowing it to resell GE Digital’s suite of asset performance management software, the company has announced.
Trump: 'The Days of Plundering American Jobs ... Are Over'
27 July 2018 - In his effort to prop up American steelmaking, President Donald Trump has pointed to United States Steel Corporation and the restart of its Granite City blast furnaces as an example of his trade policy success.
Nucor Lays Bet on New Electroplating Process
27 July 2018 - Nucor Corp. is investing in a start-up company developing a chrome-plating process that substitutes toxic hexavalent chromium for a trivalent chromium, its safer form.
NAFTA Talks Ready to Resume, Mexican Official Says
27 July 2018 - Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said that his country and the U.S. are ready to pick up stalled negotiations on revisions to the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to the Reuters news service.
U.S., EU Hope to 'Resolve' Steel Tariffs
26 July 2018 - U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced Wednesday that the two economies would work toward removing tariffs on industrial and goods and “resolve” the 25% steel tariffs imposed by the U.S.
Red Bud Industries Lands Order for Coil Processing Line
25 July 2018 - Red Bud Industries has won an order for a 60-inch, high-speed slitting line from an Illinois-based service center, the coil processing equipment manufacturer has announced.
Steel Dynamics Working on Deal for Idled Mill in Kentucky
24 July 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. is planning to acquire a shuttered bar mill in Kentucky, chief executive Mark Millett said Tuesday.
Timken Expands Power Transmission Business With Cone Drive Acquisition
24 July 2018 - The Timken Co. is acquiring precision drives manufacturer Cone Drive for an undisclosed amount, it announced on Tuesday.
