Market Segment
October 21, 2021
Written by Michael Cowden
Nucor Corp. smashed its quarterly earnings record in the third quarter with profits on par with those for the entire year of 2018 – another good year for steel.
And the Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker, North America’s largest, thinks the string of record profits – the prior record was the second quarter of this year – could continue into the fourth.
Farming equipment manufacturer John Deere announced it will call back more than 375 employees to work across its Quad Cities factory operations.
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) is pressing President Donald Trump to raise the issue of China’s steel exports and industry subsidies during his upcoming summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Private equity firm SCF Partners announced it has acquired American Piping Products (APP), a pipe and tube distributor headquartered in Chesterfield, Mo.
The Greenbrier Companies received orders for 3,400 new railcars with an aggregate value of ~$600 million during its fiscal fourth quarter ended Aug. 31.
Worthington Enterprises reported higher fiscal first-quarter sales and earnings while citing rapidly growing data center demand and continued tightness in the steel market.