Steel Mills
August 5, 2018
The Domestic Mills’ Perspective: “Slabs are Available”
Written by Tim Triplett
Responding to a request for comment from Steel Market Update, both Nucor and U.S. Steel defended their objections to NLMK’s filing for exclusions that would allow them to import foreign-produced slabs without a tariff. NLMK USA President Bob Miller tells SMU that his company has already paid $90 million in tariffs on the Russian slabs brought in from its parent company.
Here is what U.S. Steel and Nucor had to say regarding their objections to NLMK’s request for a tariff exclusion on slabs:
