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By: Ethan Bernard
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 Dynamics Inc.'s (SDI's) executives said they are working with the current administration towards keeping a robust trade policy that favors US products, and that scrap supply in the US remains "ample."
Ralf Haessig has joined the advisory board of Electra, the clean iron technology company said on Tuesday.
By: Ethan Bernard
Swedish steelmaker SSAB reported lower profits in the second quarter at its Americas unit. And it expects outage charges in the third quarter.
I wrote a Final Thoughts back in early May introducing our USMCA review columns from US and Canadian steel trade groups. The idea was simple: the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), and Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) would each contribute three monthly columns in the lead-up to, and just following, the USMCA review date. That officially started July 1. Well, now that the series has come to an end… it didn’t exactly have a happy ending.
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.
By: Ethan Bernard
Second quarter ended July 4 2026 2025% Change Six months ended July 4 (in millions of dollars except per share)
Privately owned service center group Triple-S Steel has announced its acquisition of Camden Yards Steel Co., effective July 21.
Algoma’s CEO touted the company’s plate production and its focus on the Canadian market.
ArcelorMittal executives said they are eyeing a potential second EAF at the company’s Calvert, Ala., operations.
