This morning in metals news, Chinese steel exporters are looking for new destinations for their products, U.S. Steel is planning on restarting another Illinois blast furnace and steel production is up 1.9% in the year to date. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Looking For Buyers On the heels […]
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This Morning in Metals: Canada Considers Response to U.S. Tariffs
This morning in metals news, Canada is searching for its response to the expiration of its exemption from the U.S.’s steel and aluminum tariffs; President Trump’s top economic adviser said Canadian President Justin Trudeau is “overreacting” to the news; and copper rises as negotiations begin at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile. Need buying strategies for […]
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 […]
This Morning in Metals: E.U. Opens Investigation of Steel from China
This morning in metals news, the E.U. opened a new steel investigation, turnover at Russian aluminum giant Rusal and Novelis announces a major investment. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook E.U. Investigates Chinese Steel According to Reuters.com, the E.U. has launched a new investigation of Chinese hot-rolled steel sheet […]
Is the Global Trading System a Bust? (Part 1)
(Editor’s Note: This is the first of two posts addressing the global trading system. Check back tomorrow for Part 2.) — The Economist asked the question in a debate that has been running over the last few weeks, stimulated in part by President Trump’s unprecedented actions on tariffs and quotas aimed at perceived cheaters of the global trading […]
Week in Review: Section 232, Nickel Fundamentals and a Brexit Check-In
Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook But first, if you plan on partaking in Cinco de Mayo celebrations tomorrow, you might want to check out our post from 2016 about stainless steel and […]
Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Postponed for Another 30 Days
Following intense lobbying by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel — plus, it must be said, the whole European steel industry and many consumers in the U.S. — U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a delay in the imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada, Mexico and, crucially, the European Union […]
As E.U. Strikes Back at Steel Tariffs, Here’s Why Section 232 National Security Argument Matters
As my colleague Sydney Lazarus reported yesterday, even though the European Union has a temporary exemption from the U.S.’s Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, it is demanding compensation at the World Trade Organization as shown in a filing by that trade body two days ago, according to Reuters. The EU is arguing that […]
DOC Investigation Finds Dumping of Mechanical Tubes from 6 Countries
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday announced it had issued a final affirmative determination in its anti-dumping investigation of imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea and Switzerland. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook “Today’s decision allows U.S. producers of cold-drawn mechanical tubing to […]
Trump’s Sanctions Could Hit Trade in Rusal Metal
We could love reading these murky tales about Russian businessmen and their dealings if the reality was not that some of them at least are rather too close to the truth and rather too close to home, (many of them living, as they do, at least part of their time in Western capitals). Buying Aluminum […]