Nucor Corp., Charlotte, will cease production at Nucor Steel Longview as part of a reorganization of its plate group. Acquired by Nucor in 2016, the 100,000-ton capacity mill produces heavy steel plate.

A coalition of steel companies and industry partners founded by Nucor Corp. and five other organizations released a draft global standard to measure and report carbon emissions from steel companies. The Steel Climate Standard, which was developed by the Global Steel Climate Council, offers a single, technology-neutral protocol that would apply equally to all steel producers globally.

The matching pair of federal projects, the IIJA and IRA, will pave the way for growth in infrastructure spending for the next few years.

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Though headwinds persist, most notably in the dual-pronged elements of high interest rates and stubborn inflation, the steel industry will navigate through 2023 relatively well.

Nucor’s board of directors has approved an additional $400 million to complete construction of the company’s new steel mill in West Virginia. The total outlay for the mill is now $3.1 billion.

Reshoring was already under way in the U.S., but the past two years have only highlighted the value of manufacturing in North America. (Photo courtesy Olympic Steel)

COE Press Equipment has recently shipped and installed a 6-inch coil processing line at Nucor’s facility in Frankfort, Ky., which manufactures building envelope systems designed to protect roofs, exterior walls, foundations and fenestration systems. The new line, which consists of COE’s 6-inch Series 1 Servo Roll Feed, a Series 250 (2.5 inches by 6 inches) Power Straightener and a 4,000-pound by 12-inch capacity Coil Reel, will be feeding a newly-installed SEYI press.

Ever since Joe Biden succeeded Donald Trump in January 2021, the new president has been unraveling many of the policies implemented by the previous administration. This is nothing new.

Flat-rolled steel analysts see several warning signs ahead.

Nucor has introduced Elcyon, the company's new sustainable heavy gauge steel plate product made specifically to meet the demands of America's offshore wind energy producers building the green economy and its necessary infrastructure. Nucor will manufacture Elcyon at the company's new, $1.7 billion state-of-the-art Nucor Brandenburg steel mill in Kentucky, which produced its first steel plate at the end of December.

The strength in SBQ has outlasted the market for many steel products, but how long will it continue? (Photo courtesy Gerdau Special Steel NA)

After two tumultuous years in the metals space, 2022 approached the more traditional conditions of the past.

Nucor Corporation has rolled its first steel plate at its new plate mill in Brandenburg, Ky. Nucor Steel Brandenburg will focus on final commissioning of the mill in the first quarter of 2023 and will ship the first tons to customers during the quarter.

California Steel Industries Inc. will build a continuous galvanizing line at its mill in Fontana, Calif. The new galvanizing line will serve construction end markets in the Western United States and is expected to have an annual capacity of 400,000 tons.

Nucor will build two new tower production plants as it expands its recently established Nucor Towers & Structures business unit. Nucor is evaluating locations in the Midwest and the Southeast.

Since Joe Biden succeeded Donald Trump in January 2021, there have been few things from the previous administration the new president has held onto. Section 232 tariffs were one of the exceptions, with the 46th president making no moves to mothball the 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum products...

The steel supply chain hopes the pricing slide for hot-rolled coil has run its course.