Sourcing & Trading Intelligence for Global Metals Markets
by Lisa Reisman on June 25, 2010
Style: Category: Commodities, Global Trade, Green, Minor Metals, Non-ferrous Metals, Sourcing Strategies
Keywords: Conflict Minerals, Gold, Green, Non-ferrous Metals, Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten
Apple’s sleekly designed and well-made products have become more than a brand — these days, they’ve become a lifestyle. Politically, Apple leans toward the progressive, making public statements against Proposition 8 and promoting environmental stewardship. For the first time ever, Apple products are outselling those of Microsoft, and sparsely decorated Apple stores are constantly packed [...]
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by Lisa Reisman on May 20, 2010
Style: Category: Imports, Minor Metals, Precious Metals, Sourcing Strategies
Keywords: Precious Metals, Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten
Last Friday the Associated Press reported the US State Department met with industry leaders to “discuss ways to ensure their products do not contain minerals illicitly mined in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC.” According to the press account, the specific metals targeted include: tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold. We have covered the [...]
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by Lisa Reisman on March 31, 2010
Style: Category: Global Trade, Minor Metals
Keywords: China, Rare Earth Metals, Tungsten
In the discussion of rare earth metals, minor metals and the range of new applications relying on these types of metals, we’d argue that tungsten tends to get lost in the shuffle. Yet it probably shouldn’t given some of its key properties used most notably in electrical applications such as incandescent light bulbs and for [...]
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by Lisa Reisman on April 2, 2008
Style: Category: Commodities, Ferrous Metals, Metal Fabricated Parts, Supply & Demand
Keywords: Cobalt, Ferrous Metals, Tungsten
For years tungsten supply and demand used to hang in a balance if you will. This widely used but often overlooked metal featured as a significant cost inflator. Tungsten has been considered a strategic metal due to its use in cemented carbide parts for wear resistant applications such as drilling, mining and metalworking. In addition, [...]
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by Lisa Reisman on March 28, 2008
Style: Category: Anti-Dumping, Ferrous Metals, Global Trade, Non-ferrous Metals
Keywords: Ferrous Metals, Non-ferrous Metals, Steel, Tin, Tungsten, Zinc
A friend and colleague of mine recently made a very interesting observation about global trading. She said to me, “Lisa, if you think of importing as a privilege, it will be a lot easier to deal with the nonsense that our government subjects companies to.” My friend’s comment seems very poignant particularly after reading this [...]
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