Steel In The News: Archive

Greening Steel

How nuclear energy & electrification can power the future of steel.

NII Reports

Experts Put Spotlight on Need for Urgent Action to Maintain Canada's Competitiveness in Rapidly Decarbonizing World

Media briefing featured Canada's leading experts on the transition to a net-zero economy, including CSPA's President and CEO, Catherine Cobden.

Ivey Foundation

Low Carbon Steel: Canadian Steel Producers Move Towards Net-Zero 2050

This week Catherine Cobden joins our podcast. Catherine is the President and CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA). Canadian steel is already some of the lowest carbon product in the world and the industry has announced goals to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

ARC Energy Ideas Podcast

After COP26 climate conference, the carbon trade war will inch closer

And, importantly, the U.S. signalled that other countries that produce relatively low-carbon steel and don’t engage in dumping can join the club. Canada’s steel industry wants in. “We really don’t want to be left behind,” said Catherine Cobden, president of the Canadian Steel Producers Association.

The Globe and Mail

Steel industry thrilled with Algoma Steel announcement

“Every individual steel company is looking at what they can do," said Catherine Cobden, president and CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association. “Members in our organization announced a net zero call-to-action plan. It’s an aspirational goal and we do take the issue of climate change seriously.”

CTV News

Green procurement could boost Canada-U.S. relations

'Both the steel sector's low carbon emissions, and the good, unionized jobs it provides, should give Canadian-made steel a clear advantage in U.S. plans.'

iPolitics

Can Steel Town clean up its act?

“I can’t stress enough how significant a transformation this is,” says Catherine Cobden, CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA), which made the net-zero pledge in March 2020. “It is an aspirational goal, and it will take a significant effort to achieve it.”

Corportate Knights

Canada's steel industry has a secret weapon that could soon beat China's cheaper bids

Catherine Cobden, president and chief executive of the Canadian Steel Producers Association, said her organization has lobbied for “green procurement” policies in government and that the industry has set a target to reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050, and called the decision to use Chinese structural steel in the Pattullo Bridge “a blow.”

Financial Post

« Buy American » Peu d’exemptions seront accordées, dit Joe Biden

« Ces politiques continuent de nous préoccuper — “ Made in America ” a échoué à embrasser la nature intégrée que nous avons dans le secteur de l’acier », a déclaré Catherine Cobden, présidente et chef de la direction de l’Association canadienne des producteurs d’acier.

La Presse

How the federal budget will impact steelmakers

The Canadian Steel Producers Association, which has committed to work toward net zero steel production by 2050, welcomed the measures. The association said the funding and tax announcements will “provide a strong foundation for this transformational agenda.”

The Hamilton Spec

Building support for green steel in Hamilton

While 2050 may seem like a long way off, the five- to 10-year planning cycle of the steel industry dictates that work must begin quickly. “We cannot afford to wait for months or years to get moving,” Catherine Cobden, president of the Canadian Steel Producers, wrote in a recent blog. “For our workers, communities and the producers, this has become existential and urgent.”

The Hamilton Spec

Algoma Steel marks major milestone towards long-term sustainability

"To see investment taking place in the steel industry after what we've been through over the last several years is actually a tremendous sign in a shift in momentum," said association president Catherine Cobden. Cobden said recovery throughout the pandemic has so far taken shape "nicely." However, she said there's still plenty of uncertainty. "Not all markets have returned to their pre-pandemic levels," she said. "But overall, we're moving in the right direction."

CTV News

Canada could be net-zero by 2050 if these actions are taken

Over 100 countries have net-zero commitments in progress and significant players in the private sector, including oilsands producer Cenovus Energy, the Canadian Steel Producers’ Association, and BP have also announced net-zero pledges.

The Weather Network

Canadian Steel Producers Seek Federal Partnership on Climate

Canadian steel producers have been committed to doing what they can to reduce their GHG emissions for years. Globally, we are amongst the lowest GHG intensity steel producers in the world. In 2019, the CSPA Board tasked a team with broad expertise to develop the necessary idea bank and potential roadmaps to reduce our climate emissions. In March 2020, we released our resulting Climate Call to Action plan that articulated our long-term aspirational goal to be Net-Zero by 2050.

Western Exteriors

Canadian steel industry aims for net-zero by 2050

"We know that climate change is a global challenge that requires our collective action. While net-zero is an aspirational goal, we believe we can achieve our vision of a low-carbon steel sector if we work in collaboration with governments, stakeholders, customers and the supply chain.” says Cobden.

CSSBI

Canadian steel industry aims for net-zero by 2050

“There are polls saying Canadians want a sustainable economy and an investment in clean technologies,” she says, pointing to a poll for the Canadian Nuclear Association by Abacus. “This is what the government is looking at.” Canadian steel should be part of that future, she says, and the net-zero 2050 goal is the central plank of the CSPA’s newly unveiled Climate Call to Action – a declaration and roadmap of the necessary conditions to achieving net-zero emissions.

Daily Commercial News

Company behind tariffs on Canadian aluminum confronts critics in Canada, U.S.

Catherine Cobden, president of the Canadian Steel Producers Association, said steel exports to the U.S. are down by as much as 40 per cent since March, “so there’s no way anyone could assess what’s happening as being a surge.”

National Post

Trudeau 'concerned' by U.S. threat of tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel

"What I can tell you, though, is there is absolutely no need for tariffs, especially now when we signed the USMCA, which is a very strong agreement for North American steel producers."

CBC

Ottawa takes promised steps to prevent transshipments of aluminum, steel

Ottawa is taking promised steps to prevent aluminum and steel from entering Canada as a way to circumvent trade measures that led to the U.S. lifting tariffs earlier this year.

Vancouver Courier

Canadian steel association ‘discouraged’ with move to increase use of U.S. steel in federal projects

“Overall we are discouraged,” said Catherine Cobden, CSPA president. “It really is a step in the wrong direction between two countries that want to have fair and free trade.”

Canada Construct Connect

How will Canada’s steel industry stack up against Trump’s new ‘Buy American’ quota?

The head of the Canadian Steel Producers Association wants to be precise. New Made In American rules hurt, but not like the U.S. tariffs hurt steel producers.

Blackburn News

New Made In America rules hurt Canadian steel, but not like tariffs did

Should Canada’s steel industry be gouged again by U.S. trade policies, the federal government would “vigorously defend” its interest.

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Trump's steel tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to question President Donald Trump’s imposition of more than US$4 billion in steel tariffs, turning away an appeal that challenged his use of national security as the legal justification for his trade agenda.

BNN/Bloomberg

Algoma Steel lands ‘hull’ of a contract

A West Coast shipyard will be sourcing finished product from Algoma Steel to build support ships for the Canadian navy.

Northern Ontario Business

Lifted steel tariffs welcomed by industry stakeholders

An agreement between Canada and the U.S. to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum is receiving universal approval from construction employers from coast to coast as well as steel manufacturers and steel workers.

Ottawa announces new measures to prevent steel dumping

The Canadian government announced new measures Monday to prevent the dumping of low-priced foreign steel into the Canadian market as it seeks to maintain its privileged trade status with the United States.

Steel yourself, Canada: Tariff deal falls short of 'a full lift'

"Don't bask in the glory of this one," United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard told CBC's The House podcast last week, casting a skeptical eye on the agreement to end steel and aluminum tariffs. The deal points to where the Trump administration's protectionism may be headed next — and it's not really a return to a North American free trade zone for steel and aluminum products.

CBC

Canadian steel producers are happy to get back to business after U.S. and Canada drop heavy tariffs

The President of the Canadian Steel Producers Association, Catherine Cobden, weighs in on the news that Canada and the United States are both removing matching 25 percent tariffs on steel and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum.

'It's everything we've always asked for': Steel and aluminum industries welcome end of tariffs

Deal reached Friday afternoon will see end of U.S. tariffs within 48 hours

Canada reveals final trade safeguards for heavy plate, stainless steel wire

The Canada Border Services Agency announced Friday the final "safeguard" surtaxes meant to shield the domestic steel industry from competition from cheaper foreign imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire.

Steelmakers face flood of cheap imports with federal decision to lift safeguards

Ottawa exploring other options to keep excess capacity in the world from flowing into Canada and wreaking havoc with the domestic industry.

Domestic steelmakers angry as Ottawa waives tariffs on another $110-million worth of U.S. steel

Canadian steelmakers calling on Ottawa to establish a remissions process that’s as strict or even stricter than the one in place south of the border

Steel producers want relief from carbon tax, U.S. tariffs: source

Steel producers in Canada want the federal government to offer some relief from the new national carbon price as they contend with damaging tariffs from the U.S. that the Trudeau Liberals have slammed as “illegal and unjustified.”