Steel Dynamics shipped a record 3.5 million tons of product in the first quarter, resulting in net sales of $4.4 billion, a 6.9 percent decline from the same quarter in 2024.

The EV push has slowed in recent years and a predicted dip in auto production in 2025 won’t change that. (Photo by Stellantis)

Metals supply chain executives reconvened in Phoenix for the FMA Annual Meeting in February. (Photo: Reliance President and CEO Karla Lewis)

Leading U.S. CEOs addressed a letter to President Trump urging him to remain firm on 25 percent steel tariffs. It said revitalizing the American steel industry is not just an economic imperative but a matter of national security.

Mildly optimistic describes attitudes of attendees of stainless event in Nashville. (Photo by Sierra Alloys)

The past year was a rough one for the flat steel supply chain. Will declining interest rates lead to better things in 2025? (Photo courtesy Grand Steel)

At the World Steel Dynamics/SMR North American Stainless & Alloys Conference 2024 in November in Nashville, the issue being addressed by Danielle Carlini was staring her right in the face. The North American steel industry, encompassing both carbon and stainless steels, has just under 15 percent representation by women.

Kloeckner Metals will build a new aluminum flat-rolled processing facility on the campus of Aluminum Dynamics LLC in Columbus, Miss. The investment is part of the ongoing implementation of the company’s strategy whereby Kloeckner is consistently expanding its product and service portfolio along the value chain for customers.

Momentum continues into 2024, with 12 service center M&A deals completed in the U.S. and Canada in the first half of 2024, and on track to eclipse the total (22) for 2023.

Supply chain participants believe the attributes of coated metal products will drive growth in the near and long terms. (Photo courtesy Steel Dynamics Inc.)

At May’s AISTech event, representatives from the four largest steelmakers in North America, and one of their largest customers, gathered for the show’s annual town hall. They were asked to describe the steel industry in just one word, a question that produced an interesting array of answers.

thyssenkrupp Materials Services has opened a new steel service center in Texas. The company's facility in Sinton will be its fourth in the United States.

United Steel Supply LLC will invest up to $10 million at Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville to open a steel processing and painting facility. Based in Austin, Texas, United Steel Supply is one of the largest steel processors and distributors in the country and a joint venture with Indiana-based Steel Dynamics Inc.

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Robert Simon has been appointed CEO of JSW USA. He will lead the overall business comprising slab, coil, pipe and plate production and sales at the company’s Baytown, Texas, and Mingo Junction, Ohio, facilities.

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

Steel Dynamics has completed the installation of four new value-added coating lines at its facility in Sinton, Texas. The new lines will be commissioned this quarter.

Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., reported net sales of $18.8 billion in 2023, down 15.5 percent from the prior year. Fourth-quarter net sales totaled $4.2 billion, a 12.3 percent decrease.