We have long since stopped believing official China growth data. If that’s the case, what is the “real” growth rate in China and should we care that the numbers appear to be manipulated? Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Officially, China grew by 6.8% in the final quarter of […]
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Coca-Cola Goes All Red Bull on Us with Slimmer Cans
In two weeks, Diet Coke is introducing four new flavors: Ginger Lime, Feisty Cherry, Zesty Blood Orange and Twisted Mango. They will come in a skinnier silver can, reminiscent of Red Bull’s popular caffeinated hit, and, it is hoped, will reinvigorate Coke’s fortunes by appealing to a younger, millennial buyer, CNN Money reports. Buying Aluminum […]
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Evolves as London-to-Edinburgh Route Explored
Silicon Valley and the modern-day entrepreneurs it has spawned cannot be accused of lacking blue sky thinking. Some of their ideas appear whacky and subsequently disappear from the news almost as soon as they are proposed. Others, however, have gone on to become real success stories, challenging our lack of vision and belief. Take Elon […]
The Conundrum of Growth in India
India is often touted as the next China — a similarly sized population is expected to offer vast potential, particularly coming from a low per capita usage of metals, energy and just about everything else. India just needs to be freed from bureaucracy and the shackles of its earlier obsession with socialism and it will […]
Zinc Has Been the Best-Performing LME Metal of Late — Can it Go Up Further?
Like all base metals, zinc was been driven higher by a weak dollar — but that is far from the only driver pushing it to outperform all other base metals so far this year. Inventories Continue to Fall LME zinc inventories have fallen for 13 consecutive weeks to their lowest since October 2008. There was […]
Fitch Offers Warning of Faster than Expected Rate Rises
Some would argue the credit rating agencies do not have the best record in making predictions on the future direction of financial markets. Need buying strategies for steel in 2018? MetalMiner’s Annual Outlook has what you need However, they do have considerable resources at their disposal, so when they issue particularly dire warnings, common sense […]
America is Picking the Right Fight with the Wrong Enemy
The above headline is true, assuming the U.S.’s avowed aim is the health and future of the American steel industry and its workers. Need buying strategies for steel in 2018? MetalMiner’s Annual Outlook has what you need No one would dispute the idea that the world has too much steelmaking capacity. Many emerging markets and […]
Tight Nickel Market Sees London Prices Hit $13,200 Per Metric Ton
LME nickel prices hit $13,200 per ton last Wednesday, the highest level since June 2015 before investors took profits and the price fell back a touch to $12,870 per metric ton. Prices were led higher by the ShFE, where stock have fallen to 48,920 tons from over 90,000 tons just a year ago — and […]
Rio’s Massive Dunkerque Aluminum Smelter to Change Hands
Sanjeev Gupta, the industrial buyer of distressed steel, aluminum and coal assets (to name just a few of the areas he has expanded into in recent years), has so far managed an uncanny knack of good timing. Need buying strategies for steel in 2018? MetalMiner’s Annual Outlook has what you need Buying steel assets just […]
The Crude Oil Price Continues Upward March Amid Political Turmoil, Demand Growth
Amongst a plethora of news, comment and opinion, it is often like struggling through a jungle when trying to get clarity on the commodities landscape. Sometimes, there is almost too much information. Two-Month Trial: Metal Buying Outlook So, an analysis in the Financial Times entitled “Five things to watch as Brent crude oil nears $70” […]
