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Worthington Industries Inc., Columbus, Ohio, reported net sales of $958.2 million in its second quarter, an increase of 10 percent from the same quarter in the previous fiscal year. Sales declined 3 percent from the previous quarter.

Chicago Tube & Iron, Romeoville, Ill., has made several new appointments at its Minnesota Division. The moves were made in conjunction with the consolidation of the company’s St. Paul and Duluth operations.

West Coast structural tube distributor Totten Tubes Inc. will open its fifth location in the Pacific Northwest in February. The company will operate a 36,000-square-foot facility in Vancouver, Wash.

ArcelorMittal USA has agreed to become the managing partner of Hibbing Taconite Company, effective in August. Ownership of the 8 million ton capacity iron ore property remains unchanged, including ArcelorMittal’s majority stake.

Mayville Engineering Company has acquired Defiance Metal Products, Defiance, Ohio. DMP is a manufacturer of metal products for the commercial vehicle, agriculture, construction and military industries.

U.S. service center steel shipments in November decreased 2.5 percent from the same month in 2017, according to the latest Metals Activity Report from the Metal Service Center Institute, Rolling Meadows, Ill.

The U.S. International Trade Commission reached a unanimous determination that U.S. producers have been materially injured by unfairly-traded imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from the People’s Republic of China.

Each year, Jacobson & Associates surveys more than 2,000 major steel customers in the United States and Canada, including service centers and end users, to measure their satisfaction with their mill suppliers.

The upcoming opportunity for calendar flipping has got us naturally looking ahead to the new year, and what we can expect for the metals supply chain. Notably, how will trade issues will again affect pricing and availability of metals. Likewise, what kind of impact tariffs will have downstream.

By implementing and improving upon the company’s plan for profitable service center operations, retiring Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. President and CEO Gregg Mollins has helped his company become the model for the metals distribution business.