A hot rolling mill at Nippon Steel's Kashima Plant in Kashima, Japan on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ayaka McGill)

FILE - The United States Steel logo is pictured outside the headquarters building in downtown Pittsburgh, April 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

A slab of steel on a hot rolling mill at Nippon Steel's Kashima Plant in Kashima, Japan on Friday, Dec.6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ayaka McGill)