Week in Review: Aluminum prices; Trump signs USMCA; Brexit hour is near

Fouad Egbaria | Posted on January 31, 2020 |

Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was and some of the metals storylines here on MetalMiner, including coverage of: aluminum production and prices; Trump’s tariffs on aluminum and steel derivatives; the coronavirus’ potential impact on iron ore; General Motors’ electrification drive; and the arrival of Brexit.
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Global aluminum production rose in December.
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued affirmative final determinations in its anti-dumping case regarding fabricated structural steel imports from China, Canada and Mexico.
President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum derivatives.
MetalMiner’s Stuart Burns weighed in on Europe’s Green Deal and its potential economic impacts.
U.S. steel imports dropped 17% through the first 11 months of 2019.
Burns took a look at how the iron ore market might be impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
General Motors is investing $2.2 billion in its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly to make it the automaker’s first assembly devoted exclusively to the production of electric vehicles.
Aluminum prices have struggled to make gains.
Sohrab Darabshaw surveyed the latest developments in the U.S. and India’s steel dispute.
Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act this week.
What happens after the U.K. officially leaves the E.U. tonight?