Contributor: Stephanie Ritenbaugh

The owner of Liberty Steel and his family were among the six victims of a plane crash in Ohio on Sunday, according to local media reports.

A roundup of trade news, what's up with Brazilian pig iron, SMU's latest survey results and more to keep you up to date.

SEC documents also name Trump specifically as having veto power certain decisions are part of the “Golden Share” provision.

“Contractors say that they're still busy, but their order books have gotten a lot softer or a lot more uncertain,” said Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America.

“Economically, the business case for products made in the us has become a lot more attractive," the CEO told Fox Business.

Your highlights on the week in trade developments, price increases, scrap news, and more.

The project is facing technical challenges related to upgrading the electric grid.

The projects are expected to be complete by the end of first quarter 2027. Three scheduled outages will be taken to accommodate the work, Danieli said.

The Mexican government shut down two plants and warehouses operated by US-based LAU Industries.

However, companies are growing more optimistic about the future.

Nucor raised its published weekly spot price for hot-rolled (HR) coil by $10 per short ton (st) on Monday.

We just wrapped another Steel 101 Workshop, where you take what you learned in the classroom into the steel mill.

More developments with USS-Nippon. A look at whether imports will be needed. The latest prices. And more.

With the pace that news has been breaking lately, there will be no shortage of things to discuss.

The increases are effective June 6.

New light vehicle sales slumped in May to 15.6 million as the buying rush faded from consumers signing ahead tariff increases.

All districts reported "hesitancy and a cautious approach to business and household decisions,” according to the Beige Book.

Meanwhile, several US trade groups applauded the latest trade announcement.

At a rally celebrating a “planned partnership” between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, President Trump announced higher tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the United States, and revealed few more details on Nippon’s investment in USS’ operations.

Highlights from the week and things to keep an eye on.

“Unless the administration actually gets serious about levelling the playing field… for consumers of steel, then everything they've done on the steel side is useless."

Here are highlights of what’s happened and a few things to keep an eye on this upcoming week.

“It was a little more of a seller's market as contractors seemed to be protecting themselves against a potential run up in prices," one buyer said.

Commerce began a review of five producers/exporters: NLMK Verona; Officine Technosider; F.A.R. Fonderie Acciaierie; Ferriera Valsider and Metinvest Trametal.

The budget proposal has big implications for steel and manufacturing.

Quotas featured in the UK agreement may show up in future deals.

Nucor said it temporarily and proactively halted some production operations at various locations.

CRU Group revised down its forecast for North American auto production by about 800,000 to 14.7 million this year.

Ford Motor Co. started a planned outage early at its Chicago assembly plant due to a supply chain issue.

Here are highlights of what’s happened and a few things to keep an eye on this upcoming week.