Contributor: Laura Miller

US mills have begun ramping up output after the end-of-year holiday slowdown, according to the latest data from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

Greer Steel Co. has been purchased by Mutares SE & Co., an international private equity holding company based in Munich.

Algoma Steel Group Inc. is preparing to report another significant quarterly loss as it winds down its blast furnace operations and ramps up electric-arc furnace steelmaking.

AZZ Inc. posted record sales in its fiscal third quarter, driven by strong hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating demand tied to infrastructure, energy transition, and data center construction.

If anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) on certain pipe and tube were allowed to expire, the US Department of Commerce has found that dumping and illegal subsidies would continue at noteworthy rates.

The auction for the assets of bankrupt Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) and its mining subsidiary, Minosa, has been postponed, according to various local media reports.

BlueScope has rejected for the fourth time a takeover offer led by Steel Dynamics Inc., believing the offers to be significantly undervalued.

A federal judge in Pittsburgh has ordered U.S. Steel and Algoma Steel to resolve their iron ore pellet contract dispute through arbitration. The decision comes after USS sued the Canadian steelmaker for refusing a shipment of iron ore pellets from U.S. Steel's Minnesota operations in September.

Australia's BlueScope Steel confirmed it has received a takeover bid from a two-party international consortium that includes Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI).

The Mississauga, Ontario-based metals distributor is now the owner of Kloeckner's facilities in Dubuque, Iowa; Charlotte, N.C.; Suwanee, Ga.; Houston; Austin, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Pompano Beach, Fla.

The latest American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) data confirms that US steel mills have pulled back production during the end-of-year holiday season. Still, year-to-date figures show higher output and utilization rates compared with last year.

The US Department of Commerce has officially published the anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel sheet imports, the final step in the trade case originally filed more than a year ago. At the same time, Commerce also revealed it is allowing some CORE imports into the country without paying the AD or CVDs.

Worthington Steel executives emphasized on an earnings conference call on Thursday that the company’s standout fiscal Q2 performance came from capturing new automotive business, with direct automotive shipments rising 26% year over year.

Steel Dynamics Inc. expects its fourth-quarter earnings to be weaker than in the previous quarter, albeit still higher than last year. Longer-than-expected mill outages impacted flat-rolled steel volumes in the quarter.

Martin Baker is joining Hybar as its strategic metallics manager, responsible for further developing the metallics procurement and global strategic initiatives for the Osceola, Ark.-based steelmaker.

SSAB has tapped Tom Cox to lead its Americas division. Currently GM of SSAB Iowa, he'll assume the position of Head of SSAB Americas as of Feb. 1, 2026.

Chicago-based pipe and tube producer Zekelman Industries has promoted Kevin Heffernan to president of the company's electrical business.

US Congressmen Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) have introduced the Strengthening Trade Enforcement and Evasion Limitations Act (STEEL Act) into the House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill aims to curb unfairly traded imports and strengthen US trade enforcement.

Plans are in the works to save 500 steelworker jobs at Algoma Steel and to construct two new mills – a plate mill and a beam mill, according to various local media reports.

Mike Mechley, executive vice president of procurement at Zekelman Industries, is retiring after nearly two decades with the Chicago-based company.

Triple-S Steel Holdings and a European partner have taken a major equity stake in Zimmer Staal, a steel distributor based at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.

NEMO Industries CEO Daniel Liss has already made waves with his bold plan to bring pig iron production back to US soil. In an SMU Community Chat on Wednesday, he shifted the conversation from inspiration to execution, laying out timelines, financing strategies, and customer demand that could reshape the steel supply chain by the end of the decade.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has sided with Wheatland Tube, a Zekelman Industries company, in a landmark trade ruling that bars public agencies and contractors in the state from using Mexican-made steel conduit in state-funded projects.

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is urging the Trump administration to keep Section 232 steel and aluminum measures focused on rebuilding US capacity, rather than using them as bargaining chips in unrelated negotiations.

Lock Joint Tube has acquired the Tectron mechanical tube product line and associated manufacturing facility in De Pere, Wisc., from Atkore Inc.

Deere & Company's latest earnings report put a spotlight on the mounting costs of tariffs across the agricultural and heavy machinery sectors.

President Donald Trump has officially invoked his “golden share” in U.S. Steel, making two related appointments.

Across BlueScope as a whole, it was the North Star operations in Delta, Ohio, that shone brightest in the Australian company's first-half fiscal 2026 trading update.

ArcelorMittal's Mexican operations have faced a turbulent stretch over the past two years, marked by labor unrest and operational setbacks at its Lázaro Cárdenas steelworks.

SunCoke Energy Inc. and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. have agreed to extend their coke supply agreement for another three years.