Watch for ramifications of U.S. Steel acquisition

Regarding “With Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel, auto industry gets outcome it wanted,” autonews.com, June 30: While automakers can breathe a sigh of relief that the auto-grade steel market won’t be monopolized anytime soon, they should be aware that Nippon Steel’s intensive focus on coal-based production is likely to make it more difficult to access lower-emissions steel products in the short term.