The chairman of the nation’s largest flat-rolled producer kicked off three-day FMA Annual Meeting with his take on the state of the steel industry.

The metals supply chain followed up the pandemic-dominated 2020 with a 12-month span that was even more unpredictable. Low stock levels were the rules for most metals warehouses.

Cleveland-Cliffs will demolish the Ashland Works facility that accompanied its 2020 acquisition of AK Steel, Steel Market Update reported. The facility has been idled since 2019.

A promising year for the industrial economy was turned on its head by the biggest public health crisis the globe has seen in more than a century.

A challenging year ended on a strong note, reports Steel Market Update.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has successfully completed the acquisition of substantially all of the operations of ArcelorMittal USA LLC and its subsidiaries, forming the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America.

The strong market conditions for steel producers that marked the end of 2020 will soon run headlong into new and returning capacity.

The Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission has given early termination of the antitrust waiting period to Cleveland-Cliffs. The clearance paves the way toward the completion of Cliffs’ acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA LLC and its subsidiaries.

The Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission has given early termination of the antitrust waiting period to Cleveland-Cliffs. The clearance paves the way toward the completion of Cliffs’ acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA LLC and its subsidiaries.

Over the course of just six months, Cleveland-Cliffs has become the largest integrated steelmaker in the United States. The steelmaking raw material supplier followed up its earlier acquisition of AK Steel with Monday’s blockbuster $1.4 billion purchase of ArcelorMittal USA’s assets.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has expanded its steelmaking holdings with a $1.4 bilion purchase of ArelorMittal USA. The deal follows Cliffs’ previous acquisition of U.S. steelmaker AK Steel, and will position the Cleveland-based company as North America’s largest flat-rolled steel producer with 17 million net tons of capacity.

Danieli USA will open a facility in Ashland, Ky., near the former AK Steel Ashland Works operation. Danieli USA is a subsidiary of Italy’s Danieli & C. SpA.

The coronavirus has wiped out trade shows and in-person conferences. Flow and Steel Market Update are responding to the new environment with digital alternatives.

The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating effect on the global economy, and the steel industry has hardly been spared. That was the general theme of the CRU Annual New York Steel Briefing webinar held June 23.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. will resume construction of its Hot Briquetted Iron plant in Toledo, Ohio. It will also accelerate the restart of its Tilden mining operations in Michigan.

Coronavirus outbreak shuts down assembly plants across North America, leaving the supply chain to wonder how quickly production ramps back up when conditions improve.

At the FMA Annual Conference, supply and demand took a backseat to the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak and its effect on the global economy.

Just a few weeks after AK Steel was acquired by Cleveland-Cliffs, the company’s Dearborn Works facility will be idled in response to the spread of COVID-19. The company informed Local 600 – United Autoworkers of the decision.