Domestic steel production falls for the fourth consecutive week, according to a new report from Majestic Steel. 

Current expectations from the domestic scrap market is for pricing to slide $10-$20/gt and give back most, if not all, of August’s increase.

Paul Nathanson, executive director for the Coalition of American Metal Manufacturers and Users, explains why the Section 232 steel tariffs were a futile effort to save domestic steel.

FABTECH explores the impact of section 232 steel tariffs on metal manufacturing in America. 

United Structures of America will shutter locations in Houston, Texas, and Portland, Tennessee, due to "crippling" steel tariffs. 

China will implement retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods and reinstate levies on American automobiles.

In a memo, a US Steel plant in Michigan says recently announced layoffs are expected to be temporary, not permanent. However, layoffs are likely to continue "periodically."

China's new standards for Green Building Evaluation came into effect on Aug. 1, 2019, adding copper tubes as one of the recommended materials for inflow water pipes for green buildings.

According to the Wall Street Journal, JSW Steel USA is suing the Trump Commerce Department for being denied exclusions from steel tariffs.

U.S. mills produced an estimated 1,872k tons at an 80.4 percent utilization rate, according to information from Majestic Steel. This is up from 1,867k tons and an 80.2 percent rate previously.