The Brazilian steel institute, A??o Brasil, will make a second trip to the United States to demand that the country be excluded from any measures related to the US Section 232 investigation into steel imports.
An official visit for executives from Brazilian steel companies and institute members to meet members of the US Congress, White House officials and participants of the US steel and coal industries is scheduled for February 26-28. "We are large importers of US coal; this might be considered in a decision [regarding the Section 232 investigation]," A??o Brasil executive president Marco Polo de Mello Lopes told Metal Bulletin on Friday February 16. The visit has the support of the Brazilian foreign trade ministry, MDIC, according to the institute. The group made its...