Contributor: Laura Miller

The tin mill trade case brought by U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers is moving forward after a key vote.

Through a tariff carve-out, Tata Steel UK is able to send steel products melted in the Netherlands to the US at the UK’s reduced 25% Section 232 rate.

Two Ontario-based steel importers and their president have agreed to pay $19 million to settle US allegations that they avoided customs duties on flat-rolled steel by falsely declaring its origin, the Department of Justice said.

General Motors will launch a new vehicle-assembly project at its Ramos Arizpe Complex as part of the automaker’s previously announced $1 billion investment to strengthen its operations in Mexico.

Architecture firm billings retreated modestly in April, with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) reporting another month below the growth threshold.

Trading-company sentiment in the May 15 SMU flat-rolled steel buyers survey shows a market split between anecdotal optimism and numerical decline.

The Commerce Department's International Trade Administration recently concluded several administrative reviews of the anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) on various steel imports. The reviews resulted in the following duty adjustments.

Grupo Acerero SA de CV posted higher shipments and stronger profitability in the first quarter of 2026.

Global shipping volatility is tightening its grip on steel supply chains. And the risks are not easing; in fact, they’re escalating, according to Anton Posner, CEO of Mercury Resources.

The US rig count crept higher for a fourth week, while Canada's count held steady for a second, according to the latest data from Baker Hughes.

U.S. Steel delivered a mixed first quarter. Segment performances diverged sharply as winter weather, outage activity, and major capital projects weighed on results.

Chicago-based pipe and tube manufacturer Zekelman Industries has appointed Jason Nofziger as its vice president of supply chain, effective May 11.

FabArc Steel Supply announced it will be leasing a 60,000-square-foot fabrication facility on 29 acres in Decatur, Ala.

US mills' capability utilization hit 81.4% last week, up from 80.4% the week prior and from 76.6% a year ago.

Ternium expects steel demand in Mexico to keep improving through the second quarter as destocking fades and new industrial policies take hold.

CFO Martin Jurasek described the first quarter as a “positive inflection point” as strategic initiatives, including the recent Kloeckner acquisition, began to materially lift results.

OCTG imports from China will continue to face US anti-dumping and countervailing duties for at least another five years.

Steel traders continue to report strong interest from North American buyers, with their import orders ticking higher, according to our latest survey results. Many manufacturers and service centers, however, report that they have not yet taken the bait.

The agency found sufficient evidence to support the petitioners' allegations of dumping and subsidization and thus took up the case.

The Trump administration's invocation of the Defense Production Act authorizes the Department of Energy to use DPA tools to accelerate construction, expand domestic manufacturing capacity, and shore up critical supply chains – all areas with direct implications for steel.

Long products from Algeria are facing the wrath of the US legal system.

Mexico’s federal government and the country’s national steel chamber, Canacero, signed a new Agreement for the Promotion of the Mexican Steel Industry. This positions the steel sector as a core pillar of the national Plan Mexico industrial strategy.

SunCoke Energy Inc. bled red in the first quarter as severe winter weather and a turbine failure at its Middletown, Ohio, facility weighed on coke production and power sales.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of non-grain-oriented electrical steel (NGO or NOES) will stay on the books for another five years.

Nucor executives said US steel demand remains stable, with pockets of strength in data centers, energy, border fence work, and infrastructure.

Nucor's new, 3-million-ton-per-year sheet mill in Apple Grove, W.Va., has reached "about 85%" completion, with commissioning now underway.

Nucor is entering the second quarter "with real momentum," according to its chief executive, as the company reported soaring first-quarter sales and profits.

The US Department of Commerce has released new procedures allowing certain steel and aluminum producers in Canada and Mexico to qualify for reduced Section 232 tariffs – but only if they commit to building new primary production capacity inside the United States.

World crude steel production for the 69 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) totaled an estimated 159.9 million metric tons in March. Production jumped 12.8% from a shorter February, but was down 4.0% from March 2025, according to newly released data.

Baker Hughes' latest data shows the US rig count inching up by one while the Canadian count held steady in the week ended April 24.