Week in Review: Section 232 Report Moves to Trump, MMIs and Oil
Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a quick look back at the week that was here on MetalMiner:
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- This week we wrapped up the latest round of posts for our January Monthly Metals Index (MMI) — check out this week’s posts on the following:
- Oil and gas exploration is a topic that has both passionate supporters and detractors. President Trump’s recent proposal to open up new areas for drilling, not surprisingly, has both of those, as our Stuart Burns wrote earlier this week.
- Sticking on the subject of oil, Burns surveyed the factors behind crude oil’s continuing rise in price. Political turmoil is one factor, among others, contributing to the increase.
- The long wait is over … Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has sent President Trump his Section 232 steel report (the statutory deadline was Jan. 15). Trump now has 90 days to decide what to do. A similar announcement for the Section 232 aluminum probe — which was launched last April, one week after the steel probe — should also be coming soon.
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