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Ryerson Holding Corp., Chicago, reported net income of $18.7 million in 2016, an improvement on the $500,000 loss posted in 2015. Full-year sales totaled $2.9 billion, a 9.7 percent decline from the prior year.

Steel pipe and tube maker Tenaris will resume manufacturing at its Prudential facility in Calgary, Alberta, after a two-year idling of operations due to low oil and gas prices and the glut of imports. Operations on the ERW mill are set to resume in July.

Big River Steel has contracted with Noodle.ai, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, to use AI technology to optimize operations at the new, $1.3 billion scrap recycling and steel mill in Osceola, Ark.

More than 1,000 metals executives are expected to turn out in support of the Boy Scouts of America for the annual Metals Industry Dinner on Thursday, May 18, at the Chicago Hilton.

Experts offer reasons to believe the rise in red metals has staying power.

Automation in the processing of ferrous and nonferrous metals has increased speed and productivity, but also the need for accuracy to ensure compliance with industry quality standards.

Klein Steel, a Rochester, N.Y., service center, has ventured into first-step manufacturing and kitting with its new automated sawing line.

Increasing sales of new and existing homes, improving consumer confidence and the start of a replacement cycle move the U.S. appliance market closer to record shipments.

In their fourth-quarter reports to analysts and investors, executives from the industry’s publicly held mills reported challenging market conditions and declining sales.

Olympic Steel, Inc., reported a net loss of $1.1 million in 2016, an improvement on the $26.8 million loss posted in 2015. Full-year sales for the Cleveland-based service center company totaled nearly $1.1 billion, a 10.2 percent decline from the prior year.