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Steel Shipments Up 4.9 Percent in 2025

AISI Welcomes Tom Cox to AISI Board of Directors

AISI Releases December SIMA Imports Data

Steel Imports Down 5.2% in November vs. October

AISI Releases November SIMA Imports Data

Steel Imports Up 11.0% In October vs. September

November Steel Shipments Down 8.0 Percent From Prior Month

AISI Welcomes Johann Steiner to AISI Board of Directors

AISI Releases October SIMA Imports Data

Steel Imports Down 16.7% In September vs. August

AISI President and CEO Quoted in CNN

AISI President and CEO, Kevin Dempsey was quoted in CNN. Read the article here.

Dempsey Quoted in The New York Times

AISI President and CEO, Kevin Dempsey was quoted in The New York Times on steel tariffs. Kevin Dempsey, the president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, an industry group, said that the tariffs had been “very effective” compared with previous one-off trade actions that had only targeted specific countries or specific products. “Things would […]

AISI Quoted in Reuters on Re-Introduction of Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

AISI was quoted in Reuters on the re-introduction of the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act. Read the full article here.

Dempsey Quoted in The New York Times, Reuters and CNN

AISI President and CEO Kevin Dempsey was quoted in The New York Times, Reuters, and CNN regarding the Trump administration’s 25 percent tariff on steel imports.

AISI’s Statement Highlighted in Introductory Remarks on SHIPS Act

Bipartisan legislation supported by AISI to upgrade and expand the U.S. shipbuilding and commercial maritime industries was introduced in Congress. The Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for America Act was introduced by Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Todd Young (R-IN) and Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Trent Kelly (R-MS). The statement […]

AISI President and CEO Quoted in Politico Morning Trade

American Iron and Steel Institute President Kevin Dempsey praised the USMCA’s recent expansion of the rules to grant tariff-free status to steel only if the metal is completely melted and poured in a USMCA country. The rule will go into effect in 2027. “Although this requirement has not yet come into force, domestic steelmakers report […]

Dempsey Quoted in S&P Global

Steps to measure the emissions intensity of US industrial products should help domestic steelmakers differentiate from competitors, a trade industry representative said. The US Energy Department rolled out a pilot project Sept. 25 to measure the greenhouse gas intensity of certain industrial products, including steel. The Biden administration has sought to tackle steel emissions as […]