Contributor: Laura Miller

A recent conversation with Tanners shows that many of us in this industry often end up here by accident but end up staying.

Latin American steel producer Ternium delivered a solid performance in the second quarter of 2025. Performance was driven primarily by higher realized steel prices in Mexico, even as shipment volumes declined slightly across its regional portfolio.

SunCoke Energy reported a steep year-on-year drop in second-quarter earnings, weighed down by weaker coke sales and logistics volumes. Still, the company reaffirmed its full-year outlook and moved closer to acquiring Phoenix Global.

Resilient demand across its steel product lines, combined with the continued ramp-up of key expansion projects, drove Nucor’s improved financial results and record-setting performance in the second quarter. That’s according to company executives speaking on an earnings conference call on Tuesday.

Attorneys representing domestic petitioners and foreign respondent companies have been busy filing case briefings and making rebuttals as the corrosion-resistant steel unfair trade investigations begin to wind down.

Nucor reported a sharp sequential rebound in the second quarter, buoyed by improved pricing and strong shipments. But the steelmaker is bracing for a modest slowdown in the months ahead.

The Architecture Billings Index (ABI), a leading indicator for non-residential construction activity, declined for an eighth straight month in June.

The Canada Border Services Agency has terminated a self-initiated dumping investigation of corrosion-resistant steel sheet (CORE) from Turkey.

Evraz NA and Welded Tube of Canada have lodged an unfair trade complaint against imports of OCTG, including those from USMCA trading partners Mexico and the US.

Now that it has acquired U.S. Steel, Nippon Steel is planning a significant expansion of its US operations, including the construction of a new mill and more than doubling its steel output.

A roundup of steel industry news that happened this week, as reported by Steel Market Update.

AZZ Inc. posted record earnings for the first quarter of its 2026 fiscal year on the back of strong infrastructure-related demand and improved operating performance.

Independent galvanizer and coil coater AZZ Inc. has agreed to acquire Canton Galvanizing LLC.

With steel prices drifting and trade flows shifting, CRU analysts provided a grounded look at what's really happening — and what's not — across the metallics supply chain during Wednesday's SMU Community Chat.

Industry veteran and longtime steel advocate Thomas A. Danjczek announced he will “finally fully retire” as senior advisor of Headwall Partners.

Nucor is keeping its list price for spot hot-rolled coil unchanged after last week’s shortened holiday week.

CEO Lourenco Goncalves, flanked by state leaders and union reps, touted the project as proof that US manufacturing is not only alive, but also advancing.

Steel buyers this week are lamenting weak demand, cautious buying, and So. Much. Uncertainty. I'm no doctor, but I suggest a dual diagnosis of extreme tariff fatigue and early-onset summer doldrums.

Canada has implemented tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on steel imports to help stabilize its domestic market.

Stronger steel demand in the Western US, rising scrap flows, and improved rolling mill utilization drove sequential gains for Portland, Ore.-based Radius Recycling.

Here are the details and a case timeline for the rebar trade case recently initiated by the Commerce Department.

Based on the amount of ‘out of office’ replies we’ve been receiving and the results of this week’s steel buyers’ survey, those pesky summer doldrums have arrived for the steel industry.

CEO Geoff Gilmore praised his employees for gaining market share, filling open capacity, and exceeding customer expectations.

With the marking of the EAF’s first heat earlier this month, the mill has moved from a rerolling and finishing mill to a full steelmaking facility.

The US OCTG Manufacturers Association is commending US Customs for intercepting another Thai company's attempt to illegally transship Chinese oil pipe to the US.

CMC entered the back half of its fiscal year with improving steel margins, steady rebar demand, and confidence in long-term construction fundamentals

Higher prices are boosting the performance of Nucor’s steel mills segment in the current quarter, the company said on Wednesday.

Details of a new tariff-rate quota on US imports of British steel are lacking in the new US-UK trade deal.

The Trump administration has expanded the list of derivative steel products covered by the now 50% Section 232 tariff.

The US steel industry is edging closer to independence from imports, and it may only take one more mill to tip the scales, according to Timna Tanners, managing director at Wolfe Research.