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February 1, 2026
Written by Ethan Bernard
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed reversing the Biden-era “Good Neighbor Plan,” which mandated federal limits on certain industrial emissions.
Steel trade groups supported the news because the proposed rollback could lead to more flexible emissions standards for mills.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has threatened legal action against Cleveland-Cliffs over the layoffs announced earlier this week at its Stelco mill in Hamilton, Ontario.
Steel trade groups applauded the US Trade Representative’s (USTR's) unveiling of "The Milwaukee Framework" to fight global excess steel capacity.
The Commerce Department has made its preliminary findings in the anti-dumping portion of the trade case investigating large-diameter graphite electrodes (LDGE) from China and India. The agency found that LDGEs from both countries are being, or are likely to be, sold in the US at less-than-fair-value.
The US Department of Commerce has determined that the anti-dumping duty (AD) suspension agreement on cut-to-length plate imports from Ukraine should not be sunset.
Canton, Ohio-based specialty metals manufacturer Metallus has been awarded a contract valued at up to $995 million by the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), part of the Department of War.