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Daily updates on the latest news and stories from the steel industry from the American Iron and Steel Institute.
The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has announced the program for the 2019 CFSEI Expo, which will be held June 4-6, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago – Magnificent Mile, 300 E. Ohio in Chicago, Illinois. This event is designed for architects, builders/contractors and engineers, with an educational program geared toward both skilled cold-formed steel (CFS) framing professionals as well as newcomers.
In the week ending on May 18, 2019, domestic raw steel production was 1,900,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 81.6 percent.
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has released Cold-Formed Steel Shear Wall Design Guide, 2019 Edition (AISI D113-19), which provides discussion and design examples of steel sheet and wood structural panel sheathed, cold-formed steel framed shear wall assemblies used to resist wind and seismic forces.
Greenhouse gas emissions from production of Chinese steel are substantially greater than emissions from production of comparable steel in North America, according to a series of reports released in November 2018 by the Steel Market Development Institute, a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute.
The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), awarded its “Automotive Excellence Award” to General Motors for their advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) innovations in the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado.
A report on steel shipments for the month of March 2019 which are up 2.9 percent year over year.
American Iron and Steel Institute President and CEO Thomas Gibson penned a guest column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch discussing the economic benefits of the section 232 nationally, as well as to the state of Illinois.