Republic to Idle Some Operations in Ohio and NY State

Republic Steel said it will indefinitely idle operations at its Canton, Ohio, and Lackawanna, N.Y., mills due to challenging business conditions.

Republic’s owner, Grupo Simec — a Mexican special-bar-quality (SBQ), steel wire, rebar, and long products producer — said that during the idling US customers will be served by the company’s mill in Tlaxcala, Mexico. These customers will experience no interruption of service.

Special Bar Quality (SBQ)

Ethan Bernard

Ethan Bernard is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA. in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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