Letter to the Editor: Let The Domestic Steel Mills Compete with the Rest of the World

Steel Market Update received the following “Letter to the Editor” from a reader who in the past has been associated with companies supplying products to the domestic steel mills. With all of the articles being written about the industry from President Trump’s point of view we thought it a good idea to air a different viewpoint. Comments are welcome and can be sent to: info@SteelMarketUpdate.com:

I guess it’s fine for the US mills to complain about the competition in the international market place being “unfair”.  As well as it may be or not.  But the mills’ suppliers of scrap, iron ore, ferroalloys, refractories, inoculants, and many other products deal with it every day without help save ferroalloys.  I can’t believe the nerve of the USA mills to say all foreign competition is unfair.  They get relief and we do not.  Nucor imports cargoes of scrap from Europe at prices under our market.  Did the EU dump on us?