Global steel demand will reach 1,657.9Mt in 2018, an increase of 3.9% when compared with 2017, according to the World Steel Association’s (worldsteel) October short-range projection. In 2019 global steel demand is forecast to grow 1.4% to reach 1,681.2Mt. Source: World Steel Association Saeed Ghumran Al Remeithi, chairman of the worldsteel economics committee, speaking at…
Steel Trade Case Monitor: September 2018
Source: AMM Your latest update on trade cases from around the world in September 2018 India Straight-length alloy bars and rods, originating in China, have been encumbered with duties of $44.89-185.51 per tonne, as of September 11. European Union An anti-dumping investigation started on September 28th, looking into steel-welded tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of…
Meet Our Team: Russ Fleischer
Mainline Metals is happy to welcome Russ Fleischer to the sales and marketing team. Although new to the company, Russ is a veteran in the steel industry with over 23 years of experience. Russ brings an outside the box way of thinking to our sales team, along with past experiences in other areas of the…
U.S., Canada and Mexico just reached a sweeping new NAFTA deal. Here’s what’s in it.
Goodbye, NAFTA. Hello, ‘USMCA.’ The deal has a new name, new rules for cars and trucks, and labor and IP protections. Source: The Washington Post On Sunday night, President Trump got his wish for a significantly revised North American trade deal. After more than a year of intense negotiations, the United States, Canada and Mexico reached…
Steel Trade Case Monitor: August 2018
Source: AMM Your latest update on trade cases from around the world in August 2018 United States Investigations Cold-rolled and coated flat steel from Vietnam made from a South Korean or Taiwanese substrate. Start of duty-circumvention probes. Common alloy aluminum sheet from China due to ministerial error. Preliminary anti-dumping duty margins adjusted downward. Steel products…