Steel scrap outlook: Where will the US steel market get its prime scrap?

Broken trade flows, inflated steel prices and the pull of decarbonization targets are changing the way US steelmakers think, plan and run their day-to-day operations. Is the US steel scrap industry coming to an end of globalization and entering a new era of domestic sovereignty?

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