CEO Peter Matt stated, 'The CMC team delivered another strong quarter, driving a more than two-fold increase in core EBITDA compared to a year ago.' This reflects the company's robust performance amid challenging market conditions.
The biggest shake-up of green trade rules for decades comes into force today, as companies selling steel, cement and other high-carbon goods into the EU will have to prove they comply with low-carbon regulations or face fines. But a lack of clarity on how the rules will be applied, and the failure of the UK government to strike a deal with Brussels over the issue, could lead to confusion in the early stages, experts warned.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( )( ) has long viewed Nucor ( ) as a cornerstone of value investing. The Oracle of Omaha first scooped up shares in the 1990s, drawn to Nucor's innovative electric arc furnace technology that revolutionized low-cost steel production. Over decades, this stake has symbolized Buffett's faith in resilient, cash-generating industrial giants. Nucor, America's largest steel producer, has rewarded that patience with consistent dividends and market-beating returns, even through commodity cycles.
Steel is at the beginning of the value chain, so you create a lot of instability for all these supply chains that get disrupted that now all of a sudden have to deal with much more expensive steel.