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    August 13, 2015

    Will USS/POSCO and Steelscape be Hurt by Hot Rolled Trade Suit?

    Written by John Packard

    On Tuesday six steel mills located east of the Rocky Mountains filed an antidumping and countervailing duty petition against seven countries: Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

    What makes this suit of particular interest to those on the West Coast USA is the source supply for two of the three flat rolled mills may be affected by this trade suit. The two mills are USS/POSCO and Steelscape. The third unaffected mill is California Steel which receives slabs from a number of the countries mentioned in the hot rolled suit. Semi-finished steels are not included in any of the antidumping suits filed to date (and none are expected).

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