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Metal Supermarkets will open its newest location in Ventura County, Calif., March 11. The metal supplier is set to become the one-stop shop for local professionals, businesses and hobbyists alike, offering speed, variety and convenience.

Ryerson Holding Corp., Chicago, reported full-year sales of $5.1 billion, a 19.2 percent decline from the previous year. Net income for the year totaled $145.7 million, a decline of 62.7 percent from the record-setting 2022.

Cleveland’s Olympic Steel Inc. reported net sales of $489.4 million in the fourth quarter, down 5.9 percent from the prior quarter. Net sales for the full year were down 15.6 percent to $2.2 billion.

A construction downturn will undoubtedly hamper structural tubing in 2024. Will government spending come to the rescue?

The Nucor Corp. board of directors has approved $860 million to construct a new rebar 650,000-ton micro mill in the Pacific Northwest. The facility will be Nucor's fourth and largest micro mill, with approximately 50 percent more production capacity than the mill under construction in North Carolina.

Italy’s Cogne Acciai Speciali SpA will purchase Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH from Salzgitter AG. The acquisition includes the company’s Salzgitter Mannesmann Stainless Tubes USA Inc. plant in Houston.

Service center executives frequently remark on the importance of sending home their employees at the end of each shift in the same condition they arrived. Those employees increasingly feel the same way.

As North Star BlueScope’s 850,000-metric-ton-expansion at its Delta, Ohio, facility progresses toward full capacity, the company is already considering another round of growth at the facility.

Steel and aluminum continued to move in opposite directions in North America during the first month of the year. Steel shipments from both U.S. and Canadian service centers were up against the same month in 2023, while aluminum shipments declined, the Metals Service Center Institute reported in its monthly Business Conditions Report.

TW Metals, Exton, Pa., has hired Amy Trojanowski has vice president and CFO. She will replace Jon Veurink, who is retiring after a seven-year career with TW Metals.