Trade Cases
Track active steel trade cases, including antidumping, countervailing duties, and TRQs, with key dates and statuses.
Trade Data
SMU brings you that latest numbers on everything from trade case results to steel import and export volumes. You also won’t want to miss our analysis of apparent steel supply
Imports History
Monitor monthly US steel imports with product-level historical detail on popular flat-rolled, plate, and long products.
Exports History
Explore US steel export data with historical comparisons across relevant sheet and plate steel products.
Apparent Steel Supply
A monthly indicator of US market balance and availability, based on mill shipments, imports, and exports.
Latest news
AISI: Raw steel production slips to 5-month low
Domestic steel production declined last week to the lowest weekly measure recorded since March, according to recently published American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) figures. Although down, production has been historically strong for most of this year. This year we have seen weekly production levels as high as 1,898,000 st in May (six-year high) and as low as 1,704,000 st in the first week of the year.
Chicago Business Barometer tumbles into contraction in August
Business cooled off in Chicago in August, falling into contraction territory for the first time since April, according to the latest Chicago Business Barometer reading.
USW, USS, and Cliffs extend labor talks for 30 days, avert work stoppage
The United Steelworkers (USW) union, U.S. Steel, and Cleveland-Cliffs on Monday agreed to extend the terms of their current labor contracts by 30 days.
The current basic labor agreements between the USW and the two steelmakers had been scheduled to expire at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sept. 1.
The extension allows the USW and the companies to continue negotiations. It also averts the immediate threat of a strike or lockout in a steel market already characterized by historically tight supplies.
Nucor lifts HR coil CSP to $1,185/ton
Nucor raised its CSP for HR coil to $1,185 per short ton for spot orders placed this week, a $5/st increase w/w.
Leibowitz: The Canadian blowup and its implications
Rather than recruiting other countries to help, the US appears intent on threatening to punish countries, including its closest friends. In my experience, this strategy has never proved productive.
USW: Cliffs and union remain at odds as Sept. 1 deadline nears
The United Steelworkers (USW) union and Cleveland-Cliffs remain at an impasse on key issues, the union said in an update to members on Friday.
USW: Union and USS still ‘very far apart’ ahead of Sept. 1 deadline
The United Steelworkers (USW) union said it remains “very far apart” with U.S. Steel on the terms of a new labor contract.
PMA: August survey signals sentiment shift in the metalforming sector
The August Business Conditions Report issued by the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) found that North American sentiment improved markedly in August.
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