Contributor: Laura Miller

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.

Canada’s ArcelorMittal Dofasco completed the final push of coke at its No. 3 Coke Plant on April 13. It marks the beginning of a controlled shutdown and the next step in the company’s decarbonization pathway, first announced in 2021.

Worldsteel said Dr. Henrik Adam will take the helm of the association in the middle of the fourth quarter of this year.

Global steel demand is stabilizing and poised for a gradual recovery through 2027, with North America expected to post solid, policy-supported gains, according to the World Steel Association’s latest Short Range Outlook.

A coalition of US wire rod producers has filed a petition seeking countervailing duties on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Algeria.

U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers filed anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions with the US Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission on Thursday.

A New York Times report says the White House has secured tens of millions of dollars’ worth of donated foreign steel for President Trump’s planned $400 million ballroom project.

The trade case investigating large-diameter graphite electrodes is progressing after an International Trade Commission (ITC) vote.

The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has upheld the Commerce Department’s decision to apply adverse facts available to Nippon Steel in the 2018-2019 administrative review of hot-rolled steel from Japan.

The Commerce Department has set final anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) on rebar from Algeria, according to filings in the Federal Register.

The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) increased in March, but only from a downwardly revised February reading, and data centers were the only area to show positive growth.

The president’s April 2 proclamation restructures how derivative products are classified, valued, and tariffed – a shift that industry groups say will close loopholes but could raise costs for certain downstream imports.

The petitions allege that foreign producers are selling seamless and welded OCTG at unfairly low prices and, in Austria’s case, benefitting from countervailable subsidies.

Baker Hughes’ latest report for the week ended April 2 showed the US added five rigs while Canada's count decreased by 11.

The Alliance Steel Family of Companies has hired long-time steel executive Thomas J. Pasko as commercial director. Pasko adds more than three decades of flat-rolled steel experience to Alliance’s leadership team,

The Commerce Department has launched another duty circumvention inquiry targeting coated steel imports at the request of two US mills.

Algoma Steel Group Inc. released first-quarter earnings guidance, expecting to report a significant decline in shipments and adjusted EBITDA as the steelmaker continues its transition to electric-arc furnace steelmaking.

Ryerson Holding Corp. announced a series of leadership changes to fully align the organization after its recent acquisition of Cleveland-based Olympic Steel.

Metalformers’ economic outlook for the second quarter softened in March, said the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA).

POSCO has reiterated its interest in expanding in the US market. The South Korean steelmaker also confirmed it remains in talks with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.