Company Announcements
January 19, 2026
Written by Laura Miller
ArcelorMittal Mexico announced it has restarted the blast furnace at its Lazaro Cardenas steel mill in the state of Michoacan on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
On Jan. 15, the steelmaker said it “began the process of unloading the blast furnace” at Lazaro Cardenas.
President Trump announced that Mesabi Metallics will build the largest steel plant in the US in the state of Iowa.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has confirmed a fatal accident occurred at its Monessen coke facility on Sunday, but said production has not been impacted.
Nucor said its consumer spot price for hot-rolled coil will be $1,220 per short ton (st) for the week of Sept. 28. That's a 10/st increase from a week earlier.
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ArcelorMittal told the government of Ukraine that it is unable to restart operations at its ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant in a “safe and sustainable manner” following Russian missile attacks.