Contributor: Laura Miller

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.

AZZ reported steady demand across its Metal Coatings network, as infrastructure, power, and data center projects continued to drive high galvanizing volumes.

Marubeni-Itochu Steel Americas Inc. (MISA) plans to build a $37 million flat-rolled steel processing plant in Osceola, Ark., adjacent to Big River Steel.

AZZ Inc. closed fiscal 2026 with record sales and sharply higher profitability, driven by strong demand for hot-dip galvanizing and steady execution across its Metal Coatings network. Its Precoat Metals segment, however, continued to face weaker volumes in construction-related markets.

North American steel buyers are signaling stronger interest in foreign material amid a tight market and rising global substrate costs, which are complicating purchasing decisions.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. executives on Monday detailed a series of operational moves aimed at improving efficiency, lowering costs, and tightening the company’s production footprint.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. reported improving supply-demand fundamentals in the first quarter and expects stronger conditions through the rest of 2026.

The Commerce Department has determined that allowing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) imports from a handful of countries to expire would result in continued dumping and subsidization at significant levels.

The US and Canadian oil and gas rig counts inched lower this past week, according to the latest Baker Hughes data.

U.S. Steel announced plans to restart tin production at its Gary Tin Mill at the integrated Gary Works steelmaking facility outside Chicago.

US manufacturing activity edged higher across most Federal Reserve Districts, with the Beige Book describing gains ranging from slight to moderate as producers navigated rising input costs and heightened geopolitical uncertainty.

Manufacturing activity in New York state strengthened in April, with steel-adjacent producers reporting firmer demand and improving throughput, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey.