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Nucor CEO: Mental Health Belongs at the Center of Safety Culture

For Nucor, North America’s largest steel manufacturer, mental health awareness isn’t something that takes place occasionally. It’s an essential part of the company’s safety program. What’s going on: “At Nucor, safety is our number one value. Mental health isn’t a separate program off to the side; it’s a core part of our safety program,” company …

Volvo Autonomous Solutions Starts Autonomous Route in Texas

Volvo Autonomous Solutions, a division of Volvo Group, has begun an autonomous commercial freight operations route in Texas in partnership with tech company AVI-SPL, it announced recently (press release. What’s next: Volvo Autonomous Solutions, which plans to go completely driverless on U.S. highways by the first quarter of 2027, said it expects to be running …

NAM, Coalition Members to House: Pass the PACK Act

The Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act would help keep consumers informed about what types of product packaging are recyclable, compostable and reusable while avoiding a harmful patchwork of state regulations—and Congress should pass it, the NAM and its coalition partners

Study: China’s Export Controls Could Threaten $6.5 Trillion

Beijing’s rare earths export controls could put $6.5 trillion in downstream, non-Chinese production at risk, according to the International Energy Agency (Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2026, the IEA said the curbs put in place last fall, which Chinese President Xi Jinping postponed for a year in October, could threaten production across the automotive, high-tech, defense …