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.

To say that the aluminium market has returned to ‘normality’ would be something of an understatement. The market remains far from ordinary and predictable.

Domestic steel production utilization dips below 80 percent for the first time in nearly a year. 

A United Steelworker representative says about 80 to 100 of its members at Pennsylvania's NLMK Farrell steel plant were laid off because of steel tariffs.

Today President Trump signed an executive order mandating greater use of U.S.-made steel and iron in federal infrastructure projects.

According to Majestic Steel's CORE Report, U.S. mills produced an estimated 1,847k tons of steel at a 79.4% utilization rate, a decrease from 1,851k tons and a 79.5% rate previously.

There is always a debate as to whether the time for a market bottom is now. These debates typically hinge on supply, demand, other factors. As the mills see it, the ancient proverb “there is no time like the present” sums up the situation perfectly. 

A report from Majestic Steel shows domestic steel is at its lowest production level since October 2018.