Week in Review: Rusal, the U.S.-Turkey Conflict and Data in Risk Mitigation

• MetalMiner’s Stuart Burns took a look at Rusal and the impact U.S. sanctions have had on the Russian aluminum giant since April.
• In case you missed it, our August Monthly Metal Index (MMI) Report was released earlier this week. Take a look for snapshots of the last month in our 10 MMI subindexes.
• Burns also delved into the burgeoning tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, and the effects of recent measures on the Turkish currency and economy at large.
• Tariffs have been largely beneficial to U.S. steelmakers, but what about capacity utilization?
• We recently spoke with Resilinc President and CEO Bindiya Vakil about how to leverage data to mitigate risk, whether in relation to tariffs or general supply chain visibility.
• India’s primary aluminum producers are looking to the government to impose import caps.
• The U.S. Department of Commerce made a final affirmative determination in its anti-dumping and countervailing subsidy investigations of stainless steel flanges from India.
• Burns investigated trends in the natural gas sector and what we can expect throughout the rest of the year.

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