by Lisa Reisman on June 23, 2011
Style: Market Analysis
Category: Macroeconomics, Metal Prices, Non-ferrous Metals
Keywords: Aluminum, Chrome, Molybdenum, Nickel, Non-ferrous Metals, Stainless Steel, Steel, Titanium
Based on our content of this week, one might conclude we only cover aluminum. However, regular readers know we endeavor to cover the entire spectrum of industrial metals. Late last week, MetalMiner sponsor Supply Dynamics released its metals outlook (scroll halfway down the page to see it) for June “ December 2011. What makes the [...]
To commemorate the intersection of Memorial Day and metals, we spotlight a few high (low?) points in commercial metals culture. Give it up for this little Croation superhero — a regular Magneto — whose body evidently attracts metal objects: “Spoons, mobile phones and even frying pans”…indeed. Quite a metals sourcer, he is — or should [...]
Source: Zippo.com Popularized by the US military during the Second World War, the Zippo lighter “ iconic, cool, made of chrome or brass metal “ is falling on some hard times. Well, not the actual Zippo lighter per se, which is famous for functioning well in rough, windy conditions, but sales of the Bradford, Penn.-based [...]
When winter hits, the heat is on. UK’s leading designer-radiator company, Bisque, has been providing a different take on warming up buildings for more than a quarter century. The company turned 30 in 2009 and prides itself in its heaters that are more aligned to interior design. Adding to the company’s birthday celebration was its [...]
With both global prices and sales of steel steaming away over the last twelve months, the sometimes overlooked stainless market has been quietly contracting. The market contracted by 2.9% in terms of production last year to 27.6 million tons according to the International Stainless Forum. But the reasons for the decline – a sharp fall [...]
You’d think that with the current high price of metals, an impoverished country like Zimbabwe would be doing everything in its power to court foreign investors and others to invest and grow the economy. But you would be wrong. In an unbelievable move last week, 84 year old President Robert Mugabe essentially nationalized all public [...]
