Ahmsa closure in Mexico squeezes US steel market
The continued closure of Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico (Ahmsa) is starting to cut supply from Mexico into the US steel market. The company's 3.5mn short tons (st)/yr steel mill in Monclova, Mexico, has been shuttered since at least 29 November, when Mexico's state power company CFE cut the power supply to the company due to non …