He wouldn’t say if he’d make another offer for US Steel if the Nippon deal collapsed.

Full-year 2023 net earnings was $895 million, or $3.56 per diluted share, and adjusted net earnings was $1,195 million, or $4.73 per diluted share.

Nucor acknowledges it was interested in acquiring some of United States Steel's assets, but dropped out of the bidding near the end over concerns about the price.

Nucor shares have added about 0.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 2.5%.

Nippon Steel declined to comment on the possible issuance of bonds and new shares.

Its installed renewable energy capacity reached 53.09 GW at the end of 2023, up 22.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Shanxi provincial statistics bureau.

Global mining giant BHP announced on Friday that it has kicked off a commercial-scale direct reduced iron production project with China Baowu Steel Group Corporation to support steelmaking decarbonization development in China.

The European Commission's "preferred option" for the EU's 2040 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target is 90-95pc — from 1990 levels — according to a draft document.