Two weeks ago I had met with the CEO of a manufacturer of equipment used in the water management industry. We had chatted a bit about their metal spend and their use of price indexes to better manage costs. But the conversation inevitably led to demand in general and the stimulus package in particular. This [...]
Much of the focus to last week’s announcement by the Obama administration that a national program has been agreed to raise automobile fuel consumption by 30 percent was around the way the various parties had been bought together after so many years of acrimony and argument. Though politically this was interesting, we at MetalMiner are [...]
We recently received a comment on this site (which we published) accusing us of failing to be objective on the subject of trade policy because, according to the commentator, You’re a website for traders who import steel and make their living off of volume. We thought it prudent to clarify our conflicts of interest so [...]
Today we’d like to welcome Leonard Lawalan an Analyst with Global Risks Group UK to MetalMiner. Leonard lives in Guinea and caught up with Dr Dave Smith, the CEO of multi-billion dollar Rio Tinto Simandou iron ore operations in Guinea as a follow-up to an earlier MetalMiner post. This two-part exclusive interview will appear today [...]
Today we’d like to welcome Leonard Lawalan an Analyst with Global Risks Group UK to MetalMiner. Leonard lives in Guinea and caught up with Dr Dave Smith, the CEO of multi-billion dollar Rio Tinto Simandou iron ore operations in Guinea as a follow-up to an earlier MetalMiner post. Rio Tinto is one of the largest [...]
Yesterday we discussed some of the arguments behind these anti-dumping cases. Today we look at a few more. The first post appears here. Some argue that the Chinese steel industry is based on paying wages insufficient to sustain life. Compared to wages in the US, wages in China remain lower, but so does the cost [...]
Last week, I had a chance to get to know Geraint John, Editor-in-chief of CPO Agenda a little better when he came over from the UK to attend a conference here in Chicago. For those of you not familiar with CPO Agenda, the magazine covers a full range of strategic sourcing and supply chain management [...]
For those not familiar with Indian politics, the events of the last month may have largely passed unnoticed. The largest democratic vote in the world has taken place in stifling 100+ degrees heat to return the Congress party of Manmohan Singh for a second term with an overwhelming mandate for change. According to the Financial [...]
