Contributor: Laura Miller

CVDs and anti-dumping duties matter when importing steel. Korea often offers very competitive import rates. The importer of record is responsible for paying any ADs, CVDs, or tariffs.

Grupo Acerero SA de CV (GASA) reported increasing shipments at the end of 2025 as the steel producer ramps up a new slab mill in north-central Mexico.

Nucor announced Wednesday the retirement of Executive Vice President of Commercial Daniel R. Needham, effective June 20.

ArcelorMittal Mexico has replaced the transformer on its No. II electric-arc furnace, increasing casting capacity by 18%.

Metalforming manufacturers in the US and Canada expect stable to improving economic conditions in the next three months.

Primary metals, machinery, fabricated metal products, appliances and components, and transportation equipment reported growth in February.

The public bankruptcy auction for the assets of Altos Hornos de Mexico has been postponed.

Oil drilling slowed in the US and Canada last week, while gas drilling inched higher in the US.

Graphite electrodes are critical to electric-arc furnace steelmaking and the production of other non-ferrous metals.

BlueScope Steel has responded to Steel Dynamics Inc. and SGH’s “best and final” offer to take over the steel company. While not outright rejecting a takeover, BlueScope believes the offer is undervalued and remains open to talks.

With domestic steel prices rising steadily and mill lead times pushing out, import offers are becoming more attractive to US buyers.

Gerdau’s North American operations closed the fourth quarter of 2025 with another solid performance, according to its parent company’s most recent financial report. Supporting the steelmaker are resilient demand in key end-use markets and a continued rebalancing of domestic supply and imports.

Leaders of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) and the Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) used this year's Tampa Steel Conference to outline the North American steel industry's central challenges: growing pressures, tariff realignments, and the upcoming USMCA review.

The US Department of Commerce is adjusting the countervailing duties (CVDs) on steel plate imports from Korea.

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted overwhelmingly last week to ratify a labor contract with the United Autoworkers. The deal marks the first union contract for Southern autoworkers outside the “Big Three” Detroit-area automakers.

Ryerson Holding Corp. posted a loss in the fourth quarter and full-year 2025. But the Chicago-based service center group struck an optimistic tone as it began integrating Olympic Steel and is seeing early signs of a manufacturing rebound.

Nucor Corp. has made an internal promotion and named the new top financial officer of the Charlotte, N.C.-based steel company.

The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) tumbled in January, as business softened further at architectural firms across the US.

Ternium SA closed 2025 under pressure from lower steel prices and softer shipments. But the Latin American steelmaker expects both volumes and margins to improve early in 2026 as Mexico’s trade defenses tighten and US tariff uncertainty begins to settle.

As referenced in Michael Cowden's last Final Thoughts, Mexico has opened a formal investigation into cold-rolled steel imports from the US, China, and Malaysia. Here are the details.

SunCoke Energy is heading into 2026 with a smaller coke footprint, firmer margins, and a fully sold-out book. Contract shifts, market softness, and an alleged breach by a major customer are reshaping the company’s supply position.

Steel Dynamics Inc. and SGH Ltd have upped their bid to acquire BlueScope Steel.

Barry Zekelman used his Tampa Steel Conference fireside chat to deliver one of the bluntest assessments yet of the forces shaping North American steel. He warned that a flawed tariff structure and an impending power crunch threaten the industry more than most realize.

Ryerson Holding Corp. and Olympic Steel Inc. announced they have completed their blockbuster merger, boosting Ryerson’s position as the second-largest service center in North America.

The latest Baker Hughes rig count report shows steady drilling for oil and gas in the US, while drilling in Canada slowed slightly.

Hot-rolled coil hovering near $970 per ton could push toward $1,000, but Timna Tanners cautioned at the Tampa Steel Conference that anything “much above that” becomes difficult to sustain. Still, she argued that mills’ slow, disciplined price increases are working in their favor.

Olympic Steel has named Matthew Grussing as vice president – fabrication.

Ternium SA has completed its buyout of Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi’s shares in Brazilian flat-rolled steelmaker Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais SA – Usiminas (Usiminas).

Friedman Industries delivered a strong fiscal third quarter, posting sharp gains in sales, shipments, and margins across both its flat-rolled and tubular segments.

MagIron LLC is moving to advance its DR-grade pellet and pig iron strategy. The Minnesota-based company closed on its acquisition of AHMSA's Reynolds Pellet Plant in Indiana on Dec. 31.