American Steel Chronicles

  • AISI Urges Congressional Committee Leadership to Support Trade Remedy Bills

    March 5, 2024

    AISI sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee in support of the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act, to crack down on unfair trade practices and enhance the enforcement tools needed to combat repeat offenders of U.S. trade remedy laws.

  • Steel Market Update Column: US trade laws must be upgraded to address China’s Belt and Road Initiative

    January 26, 2024

    The American steel market, including the stainless steel market, continues to face serious threats from subsidized and dumped imports resulting from foreign government policies creating an unfair playing field. It is no secret that China is a major culprit.

  • AISI Addresses Industrial Decarbonization Event at National Press Club

    July 24, 2023

    Last week, AISI President and CEO Kevin Dempsey appeared at an event at the National Press Club sponsored by ClearPath and the Clean Air Task Force entitled “America’s Next Revolution: Clean Industrial.”

  • Welcome to the New AISI Blog

    May 8, 2023

    Welcome to AISI’s new blog, the American Steel Chronicles. Here we will discuss important issues and current events in the American steel industry.

  • AISI Letter to the Editor in The Washington Post

    February 27, 2023

    Kevin Dempsey, AISI President and CEO published a Letter to the Editor in The Washington Post on February 24, 2023. Read the full letter here.

  • AISI President and CEO Quoted in S&P Platts

    February 2, 2023

    “We’re not particularly concerned about the EU [carbon border adjustment mechanism, or CBAM] … principally because only a very small percentage of US steel exports go to the EU.”

  • Outokumpu BA Americas Team Receives Sustainability Award

    January 24, 2023

    Outokumpu’s BA Americas team was recognized by Norfolk Southern Corporation as one of 15 recipients of their inaugural Thoroughbred Sustainability Partner Awards. Wesley Moyer, Americas VP of Supply Chain Management, accepted the Environmental Stewardship Award for Outokumpu’s work on minimizing their CO2 emissions by committing to transitioning to transporting a greater percentage of shipments by rail.

  • AISI President and CEO quoted in Associated Press

    December 23, 2022

    “Everything was built around water transport on the Great Lakes,” said Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of a steel industry group. If the lock fails, it could upend industry and manufacturing, he said. Roads and rail aren’t workable alternatives. Read the full article here. 

  • WSJ: WTO Rules Against U.S. Tariffs on Imported Steel, Aluminum

    December 9, 2022

    Kevin Dempsey, chief executive of American Iron and Steel Institute, an industry group, said the tariffs have helped to reduce repeated surges in imported steel, while incentivizing new investments totaling $22 billion by U.S. steelmakers to expand domestic production.

  • Congressman Kevin Brady Visits Tenaris in Conroe, Texas.

    October 20, 2022

    In October, Rep. Kevin Brady toured Tenaris in Conroe, Texas.