Tag: Mexico

The Department of Commerce is adjusting the anti-dumping duties on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico.

Ahmsa’s steelmaking assets and its Minosa mining assets in northern Mexico will be sold together as a single productive “as-is” unit on the morning of...

Talleres y Aceros SA (Tyasa) has started up its new 350,000-metric-ton-per-year SBQ facility in Ixtaczoquitlán, Veracruz, Mexico.

US steel exports recovered 7% in June, marking the highest monthly rate recorded since January 2025. Despite the recoveries seen over the last six months, trade has been historically weak for over a year and remains weak compared to 2022-2024 volumes.

Licenses to import steel into the US surged in July to the highest level since June 2025, according to recently released US Commerce Department data. Final June figures show a 3.8% month-on-month decline, while July licenses show a 9% recovery.

The announcements affect two established US commercial vehicle production sites.

Ternium reported higher sales, profit, and shipments in the second quarter. Mexico remains the company’s strongest market even as US trade measures add uncertainty across North America.

SPS Companies has acquired Jemison Metals, a carbon flat-roll service center and fabricator headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., from Jemison Investment Company.

The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has ordered the Commerce Department to redo its final dumping determination for Mexico’s Galvasid SA de CV in the corrosion-resistant (CORE) steel investigation.

The US government has requested that Mexico impose tariffs similar to Section 232 on steel and aluminum imports from outside North America, according to a report in Bloomberg on Sunday.

The busy summer for US trade, which we wrote about previously, is heating up with new Section 301 forced labor duties of 10-12.5% imposed on 60 countries and new Section 338 duties of 50% announced on certain Canadian imports.

US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer will travel to Mexico from Wednesday to Friday this week to continue bilateral discussions related to the USMCA joint review.  

Steel exports eased 1% in May and remain significantly lower than trade of previous years.

Monthly steel imports rose back above 2 million short tons (st) in May and June, further recovering from the historic lows seen late last year, according to recent Commerce data.

The Mexican government is pushing to have steel and auto tariffs removed in its next round of USMCA negotiations with the US, according to a report in El Pais.

Toyota Motor North America plans to invest $3.6 billion to expand its San Antonio manufacturing campus.

Steel trade groups and unions in the US have weighed in on the USMCA review process, as the US announced it would not renew the trade pact in its current form.

Mexican steelmaker Talleres y Aceros SA de CV (Tyasa) has placed an order from Primetals Technologies for a twin vacuum degassing plant to be installed at its Ixtaczoquitlán mill in southeastern Mexico.

We asked our readers what they thought the outcome of the ongoing USMCA talks might be as far as Section 232 tariffs go. Very few see an elimination of tariffs as likely.

The US government did not agree to renew the USMCA agreement in its current form, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday.

Target Steel and Target Metal Blanking are expanding into Mexico.

Mexico’s federal government is moving to implement its new steel-industry promotion pact. Officials held a high-level plenary session to align public procurement plans with domestic steel capacity.

As the US enters negotiations and possible annual reviews of the USMCA, policymakers should preserve the S232 tariffs, which have clearly been necessary to protect the US steel industry.

US steel exports improved 2% from March to April to the highest monthly volume seen in 13 months. Although up, trade remains historically low

SMU and AMU are pleased to announce that Wells Fargo Managing Director Timna Tanners will be joining us for a Community Chat webinar on Wednesday, June 24, at 11 am ET.

After reaching historic lows late last year, import volumes have increased each month of 2026, according to recently released US Commerce Department data.

The United States has repeatedly called for stronger action to protect North American manufacturing. Canadian steel agrees. We are ready to do the work necessary. Now Washington must remove the tariffs that stand in the way.

A Mexican court has approved the joint auction of AHMSA and its MINOSA mining assets for $1.33 billion, paving the way for a single buyer to take control of both businesses.

The Association of Cold Rolled Specialty Steel (ACRSS) officially responds to the formal investigation Mexico opened into cold-rolled steel imports from the US

Prime Minister Mark Carney asserted the Canadian and US governments should cooperate more closely on auto manufacturing, steel, critical minerals and aluminum.