The steel industry is well-equipped to meet the demand generated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS Act), experts told Fastmarkets on the one-year anniversary of the legislations

The demand for electrical steel in the US will outpace the supply of the material, which is currently facing a shortage due to a lack of domestic producers of the value-added steel, the top executive of Kloeckner Metals Corporation (KMC) told Fastmarkets

The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) has launched new standards for producers that want to call their products “low carbon,” just as the US government, ready with billions of infrastructure spending to deploy, is deciding exactly what “low carbon” means

European green steel premiums were little changed in the past week, with demand remaining slow because original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) feel no pressure to “go green” yet, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday August 3

China's latest consumption-focused stimulus attempts to drive downstream demand for steel products, but reception in the steelmaking industry has been lukewarm, sources in China told Fastmarkets

Seaborne iron ore prices fell further on Friday, July 28 due to more concerns for crude steel production cuts in China

Much of the focus in the manganese sulfate market is now on the development of a supply chain outside of China, Fastmarkets understands

Dramatic changes are expected in the Japanese steel industry in the run-up to 2030, with exports of ferrous scrap expected to fall and local use of the material to soar amid the transition away from traditional blast furnace (BF) technology toward greater electric-arc furnace (EAF) capacity

The anode market has increasingly shifted focus to synthetic graphite from natural material in response to increased capacity and changing feedstock in China, which dominates the global market. And in response Fastmarkets will start to price assess petroleum needle coke and green petroleum coke on an ex-works China basis

Leading European steelmaker ArcelorMittal has expanded its range of low carbon steel products, responding to increasing demand for carbon-reduced steel in Europe, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday July 19