Sourcing & Trading Intelligence for Global Metals Markets
by Taras Berezowsky on April 2, 2012
Style: Industry News Category: Commodities, Company News, Ferrous Metals, Non-ferrous Metals
As the above graph shows, total percentage returns for the huge industrial metal and raw material producers, who’d attended last week’s Reuters Metals and Mining Summit, have not really been all that hot — indeed, rather cool to cold — over the past year. Sovereign debt concerns, cooler global industrial demand, strikes, natural disasters and [...]
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by Taras Berezowsky on March 22, 2012
Style: Metal Appreciation Category: Best of MetalMiner, Ferrous Metals, Non-ferrous Metals
Keywords: airbus, Aluminum, Coking Coal, Iron Ore, Steel
Source: instructables.com We’ve had some well-read posts on steel and base metals sectors since the New Year — from formal outlooks to more lighthearted fare. Enjoy the best MetalMiner posts of Q1! 1. Steelmakers Welcome Falling Coking Coal Price Trend Stuart Burns on coking coal, iron ore and steel, oh my! 2. Cracks in Airbus [...]
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by TC Malhotra on March 19, 2012
Style: Industry News Category: Ferrous Metals, Metal Prices, Supply & Demand
Keywords: Coking Coal, India, Iron Ore, Steel
Indian steel manufactures are likely to increase the steel prices up to nearly Rs 1000 ($20) per metric ton in the next few months, reports Business Line. According to the report, the new price increase is because the steel producers plan to pass on the rising costs due to rail freight hike to the consumers. Indian [...]
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by Taras Berezowsky on March 13, 2012
Style: Market Analysis Category: Commodities, Ferrous Metals, Macroeconomics, Non-ferrous Metals, Sourcing Strategies
Keywords: Aluminum, China, Copper, European Union, Gold, India, Iron Ore, Natural Gas, Oil, Silver, Stainless Steel, Steel
Brought to you by Zycus, MetalMiner’s Sourcing Outlook focuses on cotton, natural gas, steel, copper and aluminum this month. In our One-On-One interview, Lisa Reisman speaks with Omer Abdullah, co-founder and managing director of The Smart Cube, Inc., about how commodity forecasting can help your business.
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by Taras Berezowsky on March 12, 2012
Style: Industry News Category: Commodities, Company News, Manufacturing, Sourcing Strategies
Keywords: Conflict Minerals, European Union, Ferrous Metals, Iron Ore, Natural Gas, Non-ferrous Metals, Oil, Rare Earth Metals, Stainless Steel, Steel, USA
The best things come to those who wait. If you’re one of the folks who waited to register for the MetalMiner and Spend Matters manufacturing conference, Commodity EDGE: Sourcing Intelligence for the New Normal, do it now before time runs out — and boy, will your company’s procurement team ever thank you: Need a few more [...]
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by TC Malhotra on March 9, 2012
Style: Industry News Category: Commodities, Exports, Global Trade, Public Policy
Keywords: China, Copper, Ferrous Metals, India, Iron Ore, Non-ferrous Metals, Steel
At a time when iron ore and copper prices are already trading in a volatile fashion — in line with volatile global commodity market — a decision by the Indian government to ban cotton exports has created controversy among traders, Business Line reported. Earlier this week, the Indian Commerce Ministry announced an immediate ban on [...]
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by Stuart Burns on March 8, 2012
Style: Commentary Category: Commodities, Ferrous Metals, Macroeconomics, Non-ferrous Metals, Public Policy
Keywords: China, Coal, Iron Ore, Non-ferrous Metals
Continued from Part One. Think About the Environment The “China 2030″ report bestows considerable attention upon the environment, following years of environmental disasters and the slow, rather piecemeal pace of reform and application. Local officials are frequently blamed as being as much part of the problem as they are the cure in monitoring local polluters; [...]
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by Stuart Burns on March 7, 2012
Style: Commentary Category: Ferrous Metals, Global Trade, Macroeconomics, Non-ferrous Metals, Public Policy
Keywords: China, Ferrous Metals, Iron Ore, Non-ferrous Metals
Stock markets and commodity prices, including base and precious metals, fell this week following a presentation given to China’s annual parliament session by President Wen Jiabao, in which he announced a GDP growth target of 7.5 percent for 2012. According to a China Daily report, this is the first time the Chinese government has reduced [...]
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