Contributor: Laura Miller

Chicago-based pipe and tube producer Zekelman Industries has promoted Kevin Heffernan to president of the company's electrical business.

US Congressmen Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) have introduced the Strengthening Trade Enforcement and Evasion Limitations Act (STEEL Act) into the House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill aims to curb unfairly traded imports and strengthen US trade enforcement.

Plans are in the works to save 500 steelworker jobs at Algoma Steel and to construct two new mills – a plate mill and a beam mill, according to various local media reports.

Mike Mechley, executive vice president of procurement at Zekelman Industries, is retiring after nearly two decades with the Chicago-based company.

Triple-S Steel Holdings and a European partner have taken a major equity stake in Zimmer Staal, a steel distributor based at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.

NEMO Industries CEO Daniel Liss has already made waves with his bold plan to bring pig iron production back to US soil. In an SMU Community Chat on Wednesday, he shifted the conversation from inspiration to execution, laying out timelines, financing strategies, and customer demand that could reshape the steel supply chain by the end of the decade.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has sided with Wheatland Tube, a Zekelman Industries company, in a landmark trade ruling that bars public agencies and contractors in the state from using Mexican-made steel conduit in state-funded projects.

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is urging the Trump administration to keep Section 232 steel and aluminum measures focused on rebuilding US capacity, rather than using them as bargaining chips in unrelated negotiations.

Lock Joint Tube has acquired the Tectron mechanical tube product line and associated manufacturing facility in De Pere, Wisc., from Atkore Inc.

Deere & Company's latest earnings report put a spotlight on the mounting costs of tariffs across the agricultural and heavy machinery sectors.

President Donald Trump has officially invoked his “golden share” in U.S. Steel, making two related appointments.

Across BlueScope as a whole, it was the North Star operations in Delta, Ohio, that shone brightest in the Australian company's first-half fiscal 2026 trading update.

ArcelorMittal's Mexican operations have faced a turbulent stretch over the past two years, marked by labor unrest and operational setbacks at its Lázaro Cárdenas steelworks.

SunCoke Energy Inc. and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. have agreed to extend their coke supply agreement for another three years.

Flack Global Metals announced two leadership appointments to drive the commercial strategy of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based service center and industrial platform.

US-flagged shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes are on the decline. Ore shipments in October were the lowest they’ve been for that month in five years.

Steel Dynamics Inc. announced Matt Bell as the new head of the company’s metals recycling platform, OmniSource.

Flat-rolled metals processor and pipe manufacturer Friedman Industries achieved record sales volume in its fiscal second quarter.

North America continues to anchor Klöckner & Co.’s performance in 2025. The Kloeckner Metals Americas segment delivered robust earnings in the third quarter despite softer steel prices.

Nippon Steel is positioning U.S. Steel as a cornerstone of its global growth strategy, highlighting the US as the most developed and demand-rich market, especially for premium steel products used in the automotive, energy, and infrastructure sectors.

Tania Archibald will assume the role of managing director and chief executive at the Melbourne-based company as of Feb. 1, 2026.

Nippon Steel is making good on the big capex promises it made to secure its purchase of United States Steel Corp. This week, the Japanese company and American steelmaker together unveiled various capital investments they plan to make across U.S. Steel’s footprint.

Latin American steelmaker Ternium SA is increasing its stake in Brazilian flat-rolled steel producer Usiminas.

U.S. Steel has unveiled more details of a multi-year growth plan in partnership with Nippon Steel.

Shipments from US steel mills were strong in September, according to the latest figures provided by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

SunCoke Energy’s earnings declined in the third quarter as weaker domestic coke sales and contract economics weighed on results.

With infrastructure demand shifting toward digital capacity, Nucor Corp. is positioning itself as the go-to steel supplier for the data center boom.

The latest Baker Hughes rig count report showed oil and gas drilling slowing in both the US and Canada last week.

Ternium closed the third quarter with steady shipments and improving margins. But trade policy uncertainty and subdued demand in Mexico weighed on the Latin American steelmaker’s results.

Angelo “Ange” Borzillo has passed away at the age of 92. He leaves behind a legacy that will endure as long as the steel he helped develop: Galvalume sheet steel.