Week in Review: Housing starts surge; aluminum mills go green; iron ore price falls

Fouad Egbaria | Posted on March 27, 2020 |

Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was and some of the metals coverage here on MetalMiner, including coverage of: U.S. housing starts; aluminum mills taking steps to make their operations more green; iron ore prices; and the European steel sector.
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U.S. housing starts jumped 39.2% in February.
Aluminum mills are making efforts to improve their green credentials, Stuart Burns explained.
Turkey has launched a WTO complaint regarding the E.U.’s steel safeguards.
MetalMiner last week hosted a pop-up webinar on the impacts of the coronavirus and falling oil prices.
A Responsible Mining Foundation report analyzed the practices of 38 mining companies.
Iron ore prices took a fall this week after previously showing resilience.
India’s steel sector faces a number of challenges, Sohrab Darabshaw writes.
Global copper production dropped 0.7% last year.
Falling sales and other coronavirus-related challenges are putting the European steel sector under pressure.