Steel News

TMK IPSCO to Reduce Operating Hours at Three Welded Pipe Facilities

08 April 2014 - TMK IPSCO, the American Division of global pipe manufacturer TMK, announced plans to reduce the number of operating hours used to produce welded pipe at its Blytheville, Ark.; Camanche, Iowa; and Wilder, Ky., facilities.

U. S. Steel Senior VP Continues Company's Pressure On Unfair Trade Practice

01 April 2014 - Last week, United States Steel Corporation senior vice president – Flat Roll Operations Douglas Matthews echoed president and chief executive officer Mario Longhi's congressional testimony from earlier in the week, as he spoke at the University of Michigan's Shale Gas: A Game Changer for American Manufacturing.

U.S. Rod Producers Applaud Decision Moving Trade Case vs. China Forward

18 March 2014 - U.S. wire rod producers are applauding a recent government decision in a trade case against wire rod imports from China.

U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Trade Cases on Wire Rod Imports from China

17 March 2014 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined that allegedly subsidized wire rod imports from China are harming U.S. industry.

USW Cites Failure of Korea Free Trade Deal in Second Year

13 March 2014 - The United Steelworkers (USW) joined Members of Congress and private sector experts in declaring the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS-FTA) has fallen far short of job promises and improvements in trade balances marked by the second anniversary of the trade law this Saturday, 15 March 2014.

U.S. to Expedite 5-Year Review of Import Duties on Chinese Line Pipe

11 March 2014 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to expedite its five-year (sunset) reviews concerning the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from China.

U.S. GOES Industry Encouraged by Preliminary Ruling in China Subsidy Case

10 March 2014 - On 5 March 2014, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determination that imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from China are benefitting from unfair government subsidies.

USW: DOC's Preliminary Findings Leave Workers Exposed to Korean OCTG Imports

20 February 2014 - United Steelworkers (USW) international president Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) negative preliminary antidumping determination regarding oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Korea:

USW: Duties on Illegally Traded Chinese Pipe Will Protect American Workers

13 February 2014 - United Steelworkers (USW) international president Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that it would maintain antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese steel pipe imports.

IREPAS Provides Short Range Outlook for Long Products Markets

11 February 2014 - In its short range outlook for February 2014, IREPAS says difficulties in emerging markets are adversely impacting long steel business.

U.S. Files Trade Case Against Chinese Wire Rod

03 February 2014 - U.S. producers of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod have filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against China.

Canada Agency Begins Final Investigation of Hot Rolled Steel from 7 Countries

21 January 2014 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate from seven countries has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury.

U.S. Challenges China's Non-Compliance in WTO Steel Dispute

14 January 2014 - The U.S. is requesting that China enter into consultations regarding China’s claim that it has brought its duties on U.S. exports of grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel (GOES) into compliance with WTO rules.

Canadian Import Duties on Hot Rolled Plate to Remain in Place

08 January 2014 - Imports of hot rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from three specific countries will continue to be subject to antidumping duties as a result of a decision by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.

Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Imports of Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe

03 January 2014 - The U.S. Commerce Department determined that welded stainless pressure pipe from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam has been sold in the United States at dumped margins.

U.S. Agency Vote Will Result in Continuation of Duties on Hot Rolled Steel Imports

19 December 2013 - In a sunset review, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking import duties on hot rolled steel from six countries would be likely to harm the domestic steel industry.

AIIS Praises New WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

11 December 2013 - The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) applauded the trade facilitation deal reached 7 December 2013 by the 159 member countries of the World Trade Organization at the WTO’s just-concluded Ninth Ministerial Conference meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

Severstal Initiates Antidumping Investigation of Ukrainian Wire Rod

11 December 2013 - The Domestic Market Protection Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission has announced the start of an antidumping investigation after an application was filed by OAO Severstal and other Russian manufacturers.

AK Steel Applauds Ruling on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Imports

03 December 2013 - AK Steel applauded the fact that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has made a unanimous preliminary determination that non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) produced in several foreign countries is causing injury to AK Steel.

U.S. to Continue Electrical Steel Trade Case

03 December 2013 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of non-oriented electrical steel from six countries.