This morning in metals news, China initiated an anti-dumping probe of stainless steel imports worth a total of $1.3 billion, LME copper held above its one-year low Monday and President Trump will visit the Granite City steelworks in Southern Illinois this Thursday. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook China […]
Category: Anti-Dumping
Week in Review: Auto Hearings, Wind Energy, Cobalt and a Uranium Investigation
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®: Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook India sought consultations with the U.S. over its steel and aluminum tariffs. The Department of Commerce launched anti-dumping […]
DOC Launches Anti-Dumping, CVD Investigations of Steel Rack Imports From China
Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it had launched anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty investigations of steel rack imports from China. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The alleged dumping margins in the AD case are 130.0-144.5%, according to a DOC release. The DOC added there 28 alleged […]
Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp Reach Final Agreement on Merger
Steel giants Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp have been talking about it since 2016, but now they have finally managed to reach an agreement to merge their European operations into a 50-50 joint-venture, according to the BBC. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The merged business, to be called thyssenkrupp […]
Automakers Go on the Offensive Over Potential Tariffs
The president’s assertion that trade wars are easy to win is — at this stage, at least — looking a little less certain than it was at the outset. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Not surprisingly, exporters to the U.S. impacted by actual and proposed import tariffs are […]
Week in Review: Copper’s Tumble, Steel Imports Fall and Harley-Davidson Zooms Away
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®: Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Stuart Burns looks into the Trump administration’s metals tariffs and how much they have or haven’t spurred capacity […]
This Morning in Metals: Canada Mulls Blanket Steel Tariff
This morning in metals news, Canada could respond to the U.S. steel tariff with a broad global tariff of its own, the governor of Texas says the metals tariffs could harm the oil and gas sectors, and India could be the recipient of a flood of redirected Chinese steel. Need buying strategies for steel? Try […]
This Morning in Metals: E.U. Could Have Steel-Curbing Measures by Mid-July
This morning in metals news, it might not be long before the European Union imposes new measures to curb steel import levels, the zinc price continues its slide and Chinese President Xi Jinping warns that China is not afraid of fighting back on trade. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s […]
Is This a U.S.-China Trade War or Just a Chaotic Negotiation?
It may seem like we are on the brink of a trade war Armageddon. Certainly, stock markets have reacted negatively to the threat of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. and China. But the reality is we are in the midst of a crude, clumsy and haphazard negotiating process — […]
DOC Makes Affirmative Ruling in Chinese Aluminum Sheet AD Probe
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) issued an affirmative preliminary ruling this week in its anti-dumping investigation of imports of common alloy aluminum sheet. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook “The association and its member companies that produce common alloy aluminum sheet are very pleased with this finding that again underscores […]
