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Steel Market Update research shows service centers carry some influence when it comes to the direction of steel prices.

Tariff talk dominated the steel market in 2018. How will trade policy and other issues affect the market for the steel supply chain over the next 12 months?

American Posts LLC has expanded the organization’s manufacturing expertise with the acquisition of Ohio-Kentucky Steel. The newly acquired company provides slitting of steel and aluminum.

Shipments of most copper products increased slightly in December, compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kansas.

Red Bud Industries recently completed the installation of a 0.625-incy by 76-inch Heavy Gauge Cut-to-Length line with a Stretcher Leveler at Ratner Steel. The line was installed at Ratner’s new facility in Osceola, Ark.

United Performance Metals has achieved Pratt & Whitney-LCS approval from Pratt & Whitney Group. The group allows UPM’s Greenville, S.C.-branch to begin providing LCS-certified materials in both sheet and bar forms.

Tenaris has completed the acquisition of nearly half the stake in Saudi Steel Pipe, a welded pipe producer in Saudi Arabia. The move boosts Tenaris’s foothold in the Middle Eastern country.

While the market should remain strong for galvanized steel, 2019 is not likely to be as profitable for producers.

AK Steel will close its Ashland Works facility in Kentucky by the end of the year. The West Chester, Ohio-based steelmaker idled most of the facility there years ago, continuing to operate a single hot-dip galvanized coating line.

Alro Steel has begun construction on a new facility in Oshkosh, Wis. The 195,000-square-foot facility will be located along U.S. Highway 41, approximately four miles from the company’s existing facility.