With so much uncertainty regarding the macro environment for steel consumption and prospects for tepid demand growth, US and Canadian mills are vying for a bigger piece of the pie - and using different strategies.

The electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous vehicle (AV) markets will have a large impact on the automotive industry and there are technological advances happening in steel that could contribute to this auto evolution, according to a panel discussion during the Steel Success Strategies 2020 virtual conference this week.

Rusal America Corp has secured “green” aluminium supply contracts with two separate Mexican downstream manufacturers, with one being the “greenest” slab contract ever signed in North America, president and chief executive officer Brian Hesse told Fastmarkets on Thursday October 22.