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  • Jan 21, 2025 | fastmarkets.com | Alesha Alkaff

    Discover Trump’s 2025 trade tactics and their potential impact on the US steel industry. Get insights and predictions now.

  • Nov 27, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Julia Bolotova |Alesha Alkaff

    The Breakthrough Agenda – launched by 45 world leaders COP26, and now backed by 61 governments – has been established as an annual collaborative process. Each sectoral “Breakthrough” covered by the Agenda is represented by various nations and sector-specific stakeholders, who regularly meet throughout the year and work together to boost efforts to achieve sector-specific goals.

  • Nov 25, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Alesha Alkaff

    Fastmarkets’ fortnightly assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, import, ddp Port of Houston was flat at $640-680 per short ton ($32-34 per hundredweight) on Wednesday. The assessment was last lower at $630-670 per ton on October 23. Lead times for imported flat-rolled steel are as far out as May 2025, sources said, which can discourage buyers from participating in the import markets. “Foreign offers have been very few and not attractive at the current offers,” a distributor said.

  • Nov 6, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Alesha Alkaff

    “There are a lot of potential catalysts that are brewing in the market that could be a benefit here in the short term,” Celso Goncalves, executive vice president and chief financial officer, said on the call. The CFO explained: “Manufacturing onshoring will lead to demand. Imports are currently unattractive. There’s potential for increased trade protection.

  • Oct 3, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Alesha Alkaff |Dan Hilliard |Rijuta Dey Bera

    Here are three big signs to come for the decarbonization of steel:Expect low-carbon steel to be front and center in the construction arena, as developers look for cleaner options. The Climate Group and Ramboll said during the event that 50% of buyers in a recent poll would be willing to pay more for low-carbon steel. The US government plans to get involved in green steel in a big way.

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