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Regulations

Unfair Trade Continues to Threaten American Steel Jobs, Industry Leaders Tell Congress

June 7, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

America’s steel industry made a spectacular turnaround at the start of the decade after facing years of layoffs and plant closures due to surging unfairly traded imports. But labor and business leaders warned the Congressional Steel Caucus on Wednesday morning […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Low-carbon reorientation in the declining steel industry

January 23, 2023

Via: Phys.org

MIOIR Researchers Professor Frank Geels and Dr. Julian Gregory conducted a longitudinal analysis of coevolving contexts and company strategies in the U.K. steel industry. While the existing literature makes important analyses of the technical and economic dimensions of decarbonization pathways, […]


Regulations

Blinken Calls China the “Most Serious Long-Term Challenge to the International Order”

May 27, 2022

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

In a long-awaited speech, Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined the Biden administration’s approach to China Thursday, stressing that the United States is not seeking to ignite conflict, but instead executing a strategy he summarized as “invest, align, compete.” Though […]


Regulations

Steel Industry to Commerce Department: Overcapacity is a Security Concern

May 25, 2017

Via: the Alliance for American Manufacturing

Executives urge Trump administration to push ahead with investigation. A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump announced a special investigation into the impact of steel imports on U.S. national security. Do you remember? It’s referred to as a Section 232 […]


Regulations

Trump’s Made-in-America Steel Evangelism Has Its Skeptics

April 20, 2017

Via: Industry Week

For anyone trying to figure out what President Donald Trump’s “Buy America” policy means for the domestic steel industry, take a ticket and line up. Trump on April 18 signed a “Buy American” order that included a reaffirmation of the […]


Process, Production

China Temporarily Shuttered Steel Factories to Clear the G20 Air. They Should Stay Closed.

September 12, 2016

Via: the Alliance for American Manufacturing

Beijing pulled out all of the stops to ensure smooth and pleasant G20 proceedings in the eastern city of Huangzhou. Security was reportedly tight as a drum. The locals were given a “seven-day public holiday” and encouraged to clear out […]


Process, Production

The Global Steel Industry is in Crisis, Thanks to Overcapacity

September 2, 2016

Via: the Alliance for American Manufacturing

President Obama is out and about this week. On Thursday, he hit the Lake Tahoe Summit to deliver remarks on the environment. Today, he’s hit Hawaii before he flies on to Midway Atoll for another reflection on his administration’s environmental […]


Process, Production

Why These Steelworkers Think American Steel is Worth Fighting For

May 27, 2016

Via: the Alliance for American Manufacturing

The International Trade Commission held two hearings this week looking at whether countries like China have dumped hot-rolled and corrosion-resistant steel into the U.S. market. If the ITC determines the obvious — that yes, China and a handful of other […]


Process, Production

U.S. Steel Takes On State-backed Mills in China

April 27, 2016

Via: the Alliance for American Manufacturing

Mario Longhi, the CEO of Pittsburgh-based United States Steel, was among the industry and labor leaders who visited Washington last week to raise the alarm about the dire circumstances facing the domestic steel industry. Massive overcapacity in the global steel […]