“As a nation are very clear and very respectful of our treaties and our agreements,” Hernando said.

The Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Partnership made up of Linde, Energy Harbor, GE Aerospace, Cleveland-Cliffs steel manufacturing and the University of Toledo has moved forward with its US Department of Energy hydrogen hub application.

Earlier this year, the association had forecast steel demand to drop by 1.7% in 2022.

The problem is that there are more than 13m tons of HRC capacity coming online or planned to come online in the next three years.

These include changes to the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and a new levy on imports under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to prevent carbon leakage.

The two contracts have gained momentum on high volatility in the physical market that attracted greater futures interest.

The company signed a cooperation agreement with Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel at the fourth CIIE in 2021 to provide the latter with approximately 4 million metric tons of iron ore worth $460 million this year.

The sentiment for finished steel prices continued to slide as the November scrap buy week was underway, according to the most recent S&P Global Commodity Insights US steel market participant survey.