The European Union's new "melt-and-pour" origin rule for steel, effective October 1, is set to reshape stainless steel exports from Indonesia and China. The rule tightens traceability requirements from the outset and, from October 2027, links melt-and-pour data to import quota allocation.

The Iowa state government announced on September 28 that Mesabi Metallics plans to build a new integrated steelworks which the government described as being the largest steel manufacturing investment in American history.

Australia's Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has imposed final anti-dumping (AD) duties on certain flat-rolled steel products from China and South Korea, along with countervailing (CV) duties on the same products from China.

China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) returned to expansion territory in September, rising to 50.1 from 49.8 in August, according to latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on September 30.

A coalition of eight U.S. steel industry groups is calling on the Trump administration to impose a country-specific tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on South Korean steel, warning that imports have surged past the strengthened Section 232 tariffs that anchor $47 billion in domestic investment.