19 Sep 2017 - ArcelorMittal USA said it will idle the plate rolling line at its Conshohocken, Pa., mill sometime in the next year on account of low demand and competition from unfairly traded imports.
18 Sep 2017 - Nucor Steel Seattle Inc. has granted final acceptance of a newly installed water leak detection system on the plant’s electric arc furnace.
15 Sep 2017 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors has given the go-ahead to construction of a new micro-mill somewhere in the Midwestern or southeastern U.S. and approved the expansion of another mill.
15 Sep 2017 - In a bid to improve efficiency and productivity, ArcelorMittal USA is increasing its capital spending. And many of the investment dollars have flowed into its sprawling Indiana Harbor facility in East Chicago, Ind.
15 Sep 2017 - U.S.-based Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. is investigating the cause of a fire that damaged the pickling operation at its Dunkirk, N.Y., bar and rod finishing plant.
12 Sep 2017 - ArcelorMittal’s Canadian long products division in June put a new finishing line into service at its Longueuil, Que., bar mill. The project took 18 months to complete, but the mill never missed a beat, according to Modern Metals magazine.
11 Sep 2017 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. faces a lawsuit on allegations that it is trying to hinder a would-be competitor’s efforts to emerge from bankruptcy, reports the Dow Jones News Service.
11 Sep 2017 - Cargill Inc. has agreed to sell its U.S. steel processing and distribution business to Japan’s Metal One Corp.
08 Sep 2017 - EVRAZ North America and unionized workers at its Regina, Sask., steel mill and its Calgary, Alta., welded tube mill have reached a tentative labor agreement, averting a strike that was set to begin Friday.
08 Sep 2017 - Credit ratings agency Moody’s has given the U.S. steel industry a stable forecast over the next 12 to 18 months on improved capacity utilization, higher prices and better demand in some end markets.