Copper has been on a good run, you say? Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook It has been drifting down for much of the first quarter and it has only been the scare of a strike at Escondida that has returned prices to levels last seen at the start […]
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Are China’s Surging Aluminum Exports a Harbinger of Future Export Levels?
China could be said to be making hay while the sun shines. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook
The Oil Price Is at a Crossroads
After a sharp run up from the middle last year, the oil price is hovering below U.S. $80 per barrel. The market is finely balanced in terms of threats to supply and still has robust demand growth. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Capacity cuts implemented by Russia, OPEC […]
Investors Watch as Populism Surges in Italy
Last week was quite the week in Europe. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook U.S. readers may only be picking up the roller coaster in Italian politics via the fluctuations in their pension fund share portfolio values, but it is probably no exaggeration to say European democracy has been […]
U.S. Goes Ahead With Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on E.U., Canada, Mexico
Well, he went and did it, didn’t he? Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Against advice from consumers and pleading from politicians in Europe and the Americas, President Trump went ahead with the imposition of 25% import tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminum from the E.U., Canada and […]
Alumina Prices Putting Pressure on Downstream Products
For years — decades, even — the price of alumina was taken to be one-third of the primary aluminum price. For many years, such a relationship was enshrined in long-term supply agreements with alumina producers sharing in the ups and downs of the primary aluminum price experienced by the smelters. Need buying strategies for steel? […]
Are China Trade Negotiations Going the Same Way as the North Korean Summit?
What a difference a few days in politics makes. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Just last week many analysts, including this publication, were optimistically speculating that President Trump’s aggressive application of tariffs to force a major realignment of U.S.-China trade terms was actually paying off. Although the tone […]
Steelmakers Are Performing Strongly … But How Long Will That Last?
Steelmakers’ fortunes are up, and for that we should all rejoice; an industry fighting bankruptcy or suffering long-running losses is not an industry that invests in its products or services. But questions remain about how long the current run of good fortune will continue for Western steelmakers. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free […]
Prospects For U.S.-China Trade Deal Ease Tensions
You would think that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s announcement last week of a “framework” deal that would see Beijing increase its purchase of U.S. goods and services and commit to reducing the U.S.’s $337 billion annual trade deficit with China would have been met with universal acclaim. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two […]
Productivity is the West’s Conundrum
It is a question we often see on the financial pages of newspapers or news sites, but rarely take time to seriously consider the consequences – why is the West apparently in a period of stagnant productivity growth? Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook A recent article in The […]
