Miller on Pig Iron: Supply tight in US, sources say

Pig iron availability in the US is in short supply, various sources reported to SMU. However, based upon figures for Q1’26, pig iron shipments from Ukraine and Brazil are at high levels.

The Ukrainian State Customs Service has reported Ukrainian pig iron shipments have increased marginally in the January-March 2026 period vs. a year earlier. Shipments rose to a total of 465,000 metric tons (mt).

Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller started his career in the scrap metal industry in 1978 at Luria Brothers in Cleveland. Over the last 40-plus years, he has worked in all capacities in the trading business. He has had positions in both domestic and international scrap trading. In addition to scrap, Miller was at the forefront of the pig iron trade and established a pig iron distribution company under the name of Ferrosource, Inc. Most recently, Miller has concentrated on the scrap export market and regularly does consulting for several companies in the industry.

Stephen Miller

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