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.

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.

With the addition of several roll forming lines at its processing and distribution center in Houston, Texas, the company continues to diversify its product offerings to better serve customers. 

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.

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

The current uncertainties surrounding the domestic steel market have caused a “buyers' strike,” which has pushed domestic flat-rolled steel prices to their lowest levels since Q4 2016.

After announcing plans to idle two furnaces in the U.S. and another in Europe because of weak demand, premarket numbers are up for U.S. Steel.

Unravel is a flat-rolled steel calculator that verifies steel coil and sheet specs. 

Despite the sharp decline in scrap pricing over the last two months, raw material pricing, as a whole, remains relatively firm.

The industrial research company, Freedonia Group, finds that nearly all of imported AC units into the U.S. come from China. Do we really want a trade war with them?