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Steel in the USA

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The world’s third-largest steel producer, making most of its steel in electric arc furnaces.

The steel market in the USA

The USA ranked third in worldsteel’s 2025 production table. Nucor, Steel Dynamics, Cleveland-Cliffs and U.S. Steel are the largest producers, and steel imports are subject to Section 232 tariffs.

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Crude steel production

81.9 Mt in 2025 (79.5 Mt in 2024)

Apparent steel use

90.9 Mt of finished steel in 2025 (89.1 Mt in 2024)

Source: worldsteel, World Steel in Figures 2026. More figures on Steel statistics.

Steel standards & regulation in the USA

Who sets standards in the USA, the main ASTM steel standards, and Buy America rules.

Standards bodies

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the USA’s member of ISO. Most steel product standards used in the USA are written by ASTM International.

Sources: ISO — national member · ASTM International

Reinforcing bars: ASTM A615 and A706

ASTM A615/A615M covers deformed and plain carbon-steel bars for concrete reinforcement; ASTM A706/A706M covers low-alloy bars where restricted properties or better weldability are needed.

Sources: ASTM — A615/A615M · ASTM — A706/A706M

Structural shapes: ASTM A992

ASTM A992/A992M covers rolled steel structural shapes for building framing, bridges and general structural use.

Source: ASTM — A992/A992M

Buy America (federal-aid highways)

On federal-aid highway projects, steel and iron built into the work must be manufactured in the United States, every step from melting to coating, apart from a small allowance for foreign material.

Source: 23 CFR 635.410 (Cornell LII)

The standards bodies on our steel grades & standards page: ANSI, ASTM.

Steel companies in the USA

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CASEY EQUIPMENT United States Equipment & Software · Pittsburgh
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CJE MACHINE LLC United States Equipment & Software · Consultants · Alpharetta
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DYNAMIC SYSTEMS United States Equipment & Software · Inspection & Certification · Poestenkill
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IEE INC. United States Steel Mills - Agents & Traders · Stockist - Distributor · Maryland
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Sells Scrap, Wire Mesh
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FINGMA COMPANY United States Steel Mills - Agents & Traders · New York
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Buys Castings, Coal, Cold Rolled, Chemicals for descaling and pickling +8
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HYDRO ALUMINUM United States Local Steel Mills · Holland
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Sells Alloy steel
Buys Angles
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REAGEN LLC United States Haddon Township
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Buys Sponge Iron (DRI)
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SHARIF LLC United States Steel Mills - Agents & Traders · Newyork
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Sells Roof - Floor Decking, Galvannealed, Wire, Wire Mesh
Buys Roof - Floor Decking, Galvannealed, Other metals, Wire +1
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STANFORD MAGNETS United States Local Steel Mills · Base Materials · Lake Forest
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Sells Wire
Buys High speed steel, Reinforcing Bars, Balls, Wire +3
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What companies in the USA buy and sell

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Steel news from the USA

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