Market Segment
April 16, 2026
Written by Laura Miller
U.S. Steel announced plans to restart tin production at its ~500,000-short-tons-per-year Gary Tin Mill at the integrated Gary Works steelmaking facility outside Chicago.
The company expects the restart to occur in early 2027 once maintenance activities are completed, materials are procured, and the workforce is prepared. The restart is expected to support 225 jobs.
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.