Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. continued to bleed red in the final quarter of 2025. But the steelmaker expects profitability to improve in 2026 with a troublesome slab contract behind it and more protections from imports in place.
The final charge of Algoma Steel’s #7 blast furnace occurred on Saturday, as the company transitions to fully electric-arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking.
ArcelorMittal Mexico announced it has restarted the blast furnace at its Lazaro Cardenas steel mill in the state of Michoacan on Mexico's Pacific coast.
U.S. Steel’s board of directors has approved the funding for the full $350-million Gary Works blast furnace (BF) reline project.
The Lake Carriers' Association reported a considerable decline in monthly iron ore shipments from US ports on the Great Lakes.
Cleveland-Cliffs has decided to idle the steelmaking operations at its Dearborn Works in Michigan due to weak automotive demand.
"We experienced an event at the blast furnace which required a controlled shut down to facilitate repairs," a spokesperson said.
Cleveland-Cliffs plans to place the C-6 blast furnace at its Cleveland Works in Ohio on hot idle in October, according to sources familiar with the matter.
U.S. Steel’s No. 8 blast furnace (BF8) at its Gary Works in northwest Indiana is undergoing a 45-day maintenance outage that started on April 4.
The sun decided to greet us on the second day of the Tampa Steel Conference 2024. Attendees from the chillier northern parts of the continent got their dose of winter sunshine. But whatever the temps, it was inside the conference room where things really heated up. January is always a time to make sense of the year that’s just passed, and look out for the trends for the year ahead.
Canadian flat-rolled steelmaker Algoma Steel said its blast furnace could be down for approximately two weeks following an incident at its coke batteries over the weekend. “We expect some impact on shipments, the extent of which will depend on the timeline to resume blast furnace operations,” the Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario-based company said
Following the United Auto Workers (UAW) union strike, organized labor seems to be enjoying a moment.
U.S. Steel said it has indefinitely idled steelmaking at its Granite City Works in southern Illinois near St. Louis.
Although SunCoke Energy Inc.'s third-quarter earnings slumped due to market challenges, the company said it is content with its third-quarter performance.