Tag: Nippon Steel

A short tour of key dates in the Nippon/USS deal, and what the future might hold.

In a social media post, President Donald Trump said a planned partnership between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel will add $14 billion to the US economy and ensure USS remains headquartered in Pittsburgh.

I sort of expected big news last Friday and over the long, Memorial Day weekend. Because that's become more the norm than the exception for steel this year. Sure enough, Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday afternoon that he had given his blessing to a “partnership” between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel. And then over the weekend we had market moving new on tariffs, this time involving the EU.

The US government could acquire a stake in U.S. Steel as part of Nippon Steel’s $14-billion deal for the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, according to various media reports. The Trump administration sees Washington, D.C., acquiring a “golden share” as part of the deal, according to an article in Kyodo News on Tuesday. This would give the US […]

President Donald Trump on Friday gave his blessing to a $14-billion "partnership" between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel.

New developments emerge in the Nippon/USS CFIUS review.

We're going to have to wait a bit longer for the final outcome of the Nippon/USS deal.

The CFIUS report is in, but what it contains remains unknown.

Nippon Steel could build a new domestic U.S. Steel mill with a total investment of $4 billion.

“We remain deeply concerned about the national and economic security implications of the subject transaction,” the union stated in the letter dated April 21.

Should foreign investment be allowed to reshape the American steel Industry? Not to be lost in the recent on-again-off-again tariff frenzy, Nippon Steel’s proposed takeover of U.S. Steel has also found itself in President Trump’s crosshairs when it comes to trade and industrial policy. Nippon Steel initially announced its nearly $15-billion bid for U.S. Steel […]

Despite ordering a new review of Nippon Steel’s bid for U.S. Steel, President Trump said he is still against selling USS to a Japanese company, according to media reports.

Investment firm Ancora Holdings Group has halted its play for U.S. Steel's board, citing Nippon Steel’s proposed bid for USS “gaining momentum.”

Ancora’s intention to replace U.S. Steel's leadership was first announced in late January.

President Trump has ordered a new review of Nippon Steel’s proposed buy of U.S. Steel, to be completed within 45 days.

It's the latest twist as the proxy battle heats up for Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.

The future of U.S. Steel remains unclear, but the proxy fight for control of the company is heating up. Shareholders will cast their votes on the company's future at the annual meeting in May.

The government said it hopes to reach an agreement with the two companies outside of the courts, according to a filing last week.

The investment firm seeking to oust U.S. Steel’s leadership has asked the steelmaker to schedule its annual shareholder meeting after June 18. That’s the deadline set by the US government for USS and Nippon Steel to unwind their nearly $15-billion merger deal. Ancora Holdings Group sent a letter dated Feb. 27 to board members of […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that former President Joe Biden’s decision to block Nippon Steel’s buy of U.S. Steel was “unjust political interference,” according to a report in Reuters. This comes after another Reuters report on Friday saying that President Trump would not object to Nippon taking a minority stake in the […]

Nippon Steel has agreed to “invest heavily in U.S. Steel as opposed to own it,” President Donald Trump said on Friday during a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. U.S. Steel is “a very important company” and was once “the greatest company in the world”. Of potential foreign ownership of the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, Trump said, “the concept, psychologically, not good."

The union says the suit is "a frivolous and unsubstantiated attack on our union simply for exercising our First Amendment rights."

Together, Nippon Steel, Nippon Steel North America, and U.S. Steel announced the filing of their opening brief in their litigation to invalidate the government’s decision to block their announced merger. The brief lays out “how President Biden made a predetermined decision for political reasons, not national security, causing CFIUS to engage in a sham review […]

Ancora has nominated nine board members to U.S. Steel's 12-member board and seeks to install Alan Kestenbaum as CEO to replace David Burritt.

Nippon Steel’s litigation against the US government is set to begin in early February, according to a report by Japan’s Kyodo News Agency. Nippon will file its opening brief on Feb. 3. And both parties will conclude their claims by March 17 in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Kyodo […]

He said a new entity would operate under the U.S. Steel name and would retain its Pittsburgh headquarters.

Cleveland-Cliffs could be teaming up with Nucor to make a play for U.S. Steel, according to an article at CNBC.

The Biden administration has pushed back until June the date for which Nippon Steel must unwind its $14.9-billion dollar deal for Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, the companies said on Saturday.

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel have filed two lawsuits, one against the US government and the other against Cleveland-Cliffs and the United Steelworkers (USW) union's leader.

As one of my university professors once said (and it’s stuck with me for half a century), “Change is the only permanency.” On Friday, President Biden acted to block the acquisition of United States Steel by Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan, without acknowledging the changes that have already occurred in the steel industry, and which are likely to increase. After more than a year of raging debate, it seems that nobody was convinced by arguments. Nippon’s worker-centered concessions, including safeguarding the jobs of U.S. Steel’s unionized workers and committing to more than $2 billion in investments for the aging plants at Gary, Ind., and the Mon Valley complex in Pennsylvania, were not mentioned in the president’s announcement on Friday.