“As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, the American steel industry stands as a symbol of innovation. The groundbreaking work of this year’s Institute Medal recipients will enhance the industry’s technological capabilities for years to come. Their contributions ensure that we continue to provide exceptional, cutting-edge products to our customers. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to this year’s outstanding Institute Medal recipients,” said Goncalves.

Established in 1927, the Institute Medal and two Finalist Awards are presented for technical papers having special merit and importance in connection with the activities and interests of the iron and steel industry. Papers are judged on the potential value to the future prosperity of the industry, technical excellence and originality, effective communication and breadth of interest to AISI members.

Pictured Left to Right: Lourenco Goncalves, AISI Chairman and the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; C. Cem Tasan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Can Okuyucu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Narayan S. Pottore, ArcelorMittal, Hong Zhu, ArcelorMittal; John Brett, CEO of ArcelorMittal North America; and Kevin Dempsey, AISI president and CEO

Finalist Awards were also presented to:

• Dianbing Huang, Marcelo Andrade and David White from ArcelorMittal Global R&D, and Philipp Aufreiter, James Beaver, Ruy Cavicchia, Elaine Chen, Jason Reid and Michael Spitz from ArcelorMittal Texas HBI, for their collaborative paper titled “The Burden Column Structure and Gas Distribution in a DRI Shaft Furnace.”

Pictured Left to Right: Lourenco Goncalves, AISI Chairman and the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; Philipp Aufreiter, ArcelorMittal Texas HBI LLC, John Brett, CEO of ArcelorMittal North America; Dianbing Huang, ArcelorMittal Global R&D; and Kevin Dempsey, AISI president and CEO

• Jing Su and Dengqui Bai of SSAB Iowa R&D and Chase Rawlinson and Jason Thomas of SSAB Alabama Technical Services, for their collaborative paper titled “Microstructure Optimization for Improving Low-Temperature Toughness of Microalloyed X70 Linepipe Steel Plates Via Thermomechanical Controlled Processing.”

Pictured Left to Right: Lourenco Goncalves, AISI Chairman and the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; Chase Rawlinson, SSAB Americas; Jeff Moskaluk, SSAB Americas; and Kevin Dempsey, AISI president and CEO

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Goncalves presented the “2026 Market Development Industry Leadership Award” to Michael A. Grubb, P.E., executive director of M.A. Grubb & Associates, LLC.

“We are pleased to honor Michael, who has spent more than four decades turning research and innovation into market growth for the steel industry,” said Goncalves. “Through his leadership of the AISI Steel Bridge Task Force and his contributions to national bridge design specifications, he has driven the widespread adoption of steel in bridge construction and strengthened its position as a resilient, efficient and cost-effective solution.”

Grubb is the executive director at M.A. Grubb & Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in steel bridge design and the development of national steel bridge design specifications. He has been a leader of the AISI-led Steel Bridge Task Force (BTF) for over 40 years and serves on the Bridge Task Force Oversight Council, coordinating research on promoting safe and cost-effective steel bridges. His decades of work developing the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (BDS) for steel bridges have had a transformative impact on the industry. Over his career, he has educated and mentored generations of bridge designers.

Pictured Left to Right: Lourenco Goncalves, AISI Chairman and the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; Michael A. Grubb, P.E., executive director of M.A. Grubb & Associates, LLC.; Kevin Dempsey, AISI president and CEO

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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Washington, D.C. – Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that steel import permit applications for the month of April totaled 1,945,000 net tons (NT)*. This was an 8.1% increase from the 1,799,000 permit tons recorded in March and a 10.0% increase from the March final imports total of 1,769,000. Import permit tonnage for finished steel in April was 1,417,000, up 8.5% from the final imports total of 1,306,000 in March. For the first four months of 2026 (including April SIMA permits and March final imports), total and finished steel imports were 7,044,000 NT and 5,157,000 NT, down 28.8% and 30.0%, respectively, from the same period in 2025. The estimated finished steel import market share in April was 17% and is 15% year-to-date (YTD).

Steel imports with large increases in April permits vs. March final imports include tin plate (up 103%), sheet and strip all other metallic coatings (up 60%), cold rolled sheets (up 42%), hot rolled bars (up 33%) and reinforcing bars (up 30%). Products with significant year-to-date (YTD) increases vs. the same period in 2025 include heavy structural shapes (up 30%).

In April, the largest steel import permit applications were for South Korea (342,000 NT, up 17% from March final imports), Mexico (294,000 NT, up 109%), Canada (246,000 NT, down 14%), Brazil (166,000 NT, down 43%) and Vietnam (138,000 NT, down 22%). Through the first four months of 2026, the largest suppliers were South Korea (1,225,000 NT, up 28%), Canada (975,000 NT, down 53%) and Brazil (881,000 NT, down 50%).
*Note that import permits data are counts of tonnages requested in applications for licenses to import steel products and are not actual import volumes. For a number of reasons, permit tonnages may understate or overstate actual import volumes for the month, preliminary estimates of which will be available later this month.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of March 2026, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,204,611 net tons, a 6.2 percent increase from the 7,725,314 net tons shipped in March 2025. Shipments were up 10.9 percent from the 7,395,507 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2026. Shipments year-to-date in 2026 are 23,183,944 net tons, up 4.4 percent vs. 2025 shipments of 22,197,305 net tons for three months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2026 to the first three months of 2025 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 13 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, up 4 percent and cold rolled sheet and strip, down 6 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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Washington, D.C. – Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that the U.S. imported a total of 1,769,000 net tons (NT) of steel in March 2026, including 1,306,000 net tons (NT) of finished steel (up 5.4% and 10.2%, respectively, vs. February 2026). Total and finished steel imports are down 34.7% and 35.0%, respectively, year-to-date vs. 2025. Over the 12-month period April 2025 to March 2026, total and finished steel imports are down 22.7% and 26.3%, respectively, vs. the prior 12-month period. Finished steel import market share was an estimated 16% in March and is estimated at 15% over the first three months of 2026.

Key steel products with a significant import increase in March compared to February are plates in coils (up 165%), cut lengths plates (up 143%), hot rolled sheets (up 70%), heavy structural shapes (up 48%) and wire drawn (up 40%).

In March, the largest suppliers were South Korea (292,000 NT, down 4% vs. February), Brazil (291,000 NT, up 18%), Canada (285,000 NT, up 27%), Vietnam (177,000 NT, up 160%) and Mexico (141,000 NT, down 20%). Over the 12-month period April 2025 to March 2026, the largest suppliers were Canada (3,628,000 NT, down 44% vs, compared to the previous 12-months), Brazil (3,381,000 NT, down 26%), South Korea (2,771,000 NT, down 3%), Mexico (2,235,000 NT, down 39%) and Japan (1,034,000 NT, down 13%). Below are charts on steel imports by country and estimated finished steel import market share in recent months.

Read the full statistical report here.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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Washington, D.C. – Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that steel import permit applications for the month of March totaled 1,773,000 net tons (NT)*. This was a 6.6% increase from the 1,663,000 permit tons recorded in February and a 5.5% increase from the February final imports total of 1,679,000. Import permit tonnage for finished steel in March was 1,313,000, up 10.8% from the final imports total of 1,185,000 in February. For the first three months of 2026 (including March SIMA permits and February final imports), total and finished steel imports were 5,102,000 NT and 3,747,000 NT, down 34.7% and 34.9%, respectively, from the same period in 2025. The estimated finished steel import market share in March was 16% and is 15% year-to-date (YTD).

Steel imports with large increases in March permits vs. February final imports include plates in coils (up 167%), cut lengths plates (up 141%), hot rolled sheets (up 72%), wire drawn (up 44%) and heavy structural shapes 23%). Products with significant year-to-date (YTD) increases vs. the same period in 2025 include tin free steel (up 21%).

In March, the largest steel import permit applications were for South Korea (298,000 NT, down 3% from February final imports), Brazil (293,000 NT, up 19%), Canada (285,000 NT, up 27%), Vietnam (173,000 NT, up 153%) and Mexico (140,000 NT, down 20%). Through the first three months of 2026, the largest suppliers were South Korea (888,000 NT, up 15%), Canada (728,000 NT, down 55%) and Brazil (717,000 NT, down 51%).

*Note that import permits data are counts of tonnages requested in applications for licenses to import steel products and are not actual import volumes. For a number of reasons, permit tonnages may understate or overstate actual import volumes for the month, preliminary estimates of which will be available later this month.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of February 2026, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,395,507 net tons, a 5.1 percent increase from the 7,035,936 net tons shipped in February 2025. Shipments were down 2.5 percent from the 7,583,826 net tons shipped in the previous month, January 2026. Shipments year-to-date in 2026 are 14,979,333 net tons, up 3.5 percent vs. 2025 shipments of 14,471,991 net tons for two months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2026 to the first two months of 2025 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, up 10 percent, hot rolled sheet and strip, up 9 percent and cold rolled sheet and strip, down 8 percent.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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“AISI commends the decisive action taken today by President Trump to ensure that all steel mill products, including steel pipe and tube, receive the full benefit of the 50 percent tariffs on steel products. We also welcome the steps being taken today to simplify the process for applying the steel tariffs to critical steel derivative products. These measures will ensure that the steel tariff program operates effectively and efficiently and will ensure the long-term durability of the Section 232 tariffs, which remain essential to address the adverse impacts of global steel excess capacity that continues to grow due to foreign subsidies and other trade-distorting practices.

“AISI thanks President Trump for his continued strong and unwavering support for the steel industry in the United States, which is essential to our nation’s national and economic security. Today’s measures will help protect the integrity of the steel tariff program, preserve domestic capacity and encourage additional investment in U.S. steelmaking and downstream manufacturing. AISI supports today’s announcement and stands ready to work with the Trump administration and other industry stakeholders to continue to develop effective solutions that secure a level playing field for American steelworkers and manufacturers.”

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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Washington, D.C. – Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that the U.S. imported a total of 1,663,000 net tons (NT) of steel in February 2026, including 1,171,000 net tons (NT) of finished steel (up 0.8% and down 6.2%, respectively, vs. January 2026). Total and finished steel imports are down 37.6% and 38.5%, respectively, year-to-date vs. 2025. Over the 12-month period March 2025 to February 2026, total and finished steel imports are down 20.3% and 24.7%, respectively, vs. the prior 12-month period. Finished steel import market share was an estimated 15% in February and is estimated at 15% over the first two months of 2026.

Key steel products with a significant import increase in February compared to January are line pipe (up 51%), hot rolled bars (up 30%), blooms, billets and slabs (up 23%) and oil country goods (up 21%).

In February, the largest suppliers were South Korea (305,000 NT, up 7% vs. January), Brazil (247,000 NT, up 39%), Canada (225,000 NT, up 3%), Mexico (175,000 NT, down 25%) and Japan (141,000 NT, up 236%). Over the 12-month period March 2025 to February 2026, the largest suppliers were Canada (3,838,000 NT, down 41% vs, compared to the previous 12-months), Brazil (3,518,000 NT, down 23%), South Korea (2,732,000 NT, down 7%), Mexico (2,483,000 NT, down 30%) and Germany (1,047,000 NT, down 6%). Below are charts on steel imports by country and estimated finished steel import market share in recent months.

View the full statistical report here.

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram. 

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