Anyone who argues the U.K. has not been impacted by its decision three years ago to leave the European Union only has to look at the figures to see how wrong that argument is. Keep up to date on everything going on in the world of trade and tariffs via MetalMiner’s Trade Resource Center. The […]
Stuart Burns
General Motors’ Strike Rumbles on as the Damage Spreads
The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike at a number of General Motors factories started Sept. 16 is now into its fourth week, with losses mounting for both GM, the workers and GM’s wider supply chain. Keep up to date on everything going on in the world of trade and tariffs via MetalMiner’s Trade Resource Center. […]
SUV Demand Raises Questions about Impact of EVs on Environmental Targets
An interesting article in the Financial Times this week struck a chord with us at MetalMiner where we often debate how we see metals and manufacturing will go. As such, we often try to shoot holes in oft touted but poorly researched “trends” found in the popular media or espoused by politicians. Keep up to […]
Boeing-Airbus WTO Battle Rumbles on as Tensions Rise Between U.S., E.U.
For once, President Donald Trump should be pleased with the World Trade Organization (WTO), a body he has repeatedly criticized and actively worked to undermine by preventing the appointment of new judges to its appeals panel. Keep up to date on everything going on in the world of trade and tariffs via MetalMiner’s Trade Resource […]
Aluminum Prices Slide on Supply and Demand Fundamentals, Strong Dollar
Aluminum consumers have watched the primary ingot price drift gradually lower since the beginning of this year. Keep up to date on everything going on in the world of trade and tariffs via MetalMiner’s Trade Resource Center. There have been peaks and troughs, of course, as the price is buffeted by trade news, mill outages […]
Copper Prices Forecast to Weaken Further Amid Gloomy Chinese Demand Picture
I have often thought the moniker of Dr. Copper to be something of a misnomer for the red metal. Keep up to date on everything going on in the world of trade and tariffs via MetalMiner’s Trade Resource Center. The argument goes copper’s core roles in numerous industries – power generation and transmission, consumer electronics, […]
U.S. Finally Moves to Secure its Supply Chain of Critical Technology Metals
If there is a silver lining to the current trade war with China, it could be that it has focused the U.S.’s attention on the perilous state of its raw material supply chain. This is particularly relevant for the U.S. military, but equally for a range of high-tech industries, from consumer electronics to automobiles, battery […]
China’s Steel Output is Rising Despite Forced Production Cuts
You often hear conflicting stories about Chinese steel production. Outright production capacity has been reduced as older facilities were closed under orders from Beijing in 2016-18, while much illegal or non-approved low-quality steel mills, whose output never appeared on reported results, have been forcibly closed. Keep up to date on everything going on in the […]
U.S.-India Trade Talks Come to Nought — Again
When you see the words “trade deal,” we instantly think of China, but the U.S. has embarked on a multitude of trade disputes with longtime trading partners. To a greater or lesser extent, some progress is being made on most of them. Keep up to date on everything going on in the world of trade […]
Greenland’s Retreating Ice Sheets Open up Rare Earth Resources
Environmentalists are horrified by the impact of global warming on the Greenland ice sheet. Keep up to date on everything going on in the world of trade and tariffs via MetalMiner’s Trade Resource Center. According to the Financial Times, temperatures have risen more than twice as fast in Greenland as the rest of the planet […]
