General Motors’ new eBike brand has a name. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook On the heels of a crowdsourcing campaign launched in November, GM announced late last week that its new electronic bike brand will be dubbed ARĪV. The bikes were available for preorder starting Feb. 14. According […]
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This Morning in Metals: Ford Expresses Concerns Over No-Deal Brexit
This morning in metals news, Big Three automaker Ford Motor Co. has expressed unease about the ramifications of a hard Brexit, Canada reverses a duty on some forms of steel from Mexico and India is considering pushing back a deadline after which more stringent steel import rules were set to go into effect. Need buying […]
This Morning in Metals: U.S. Steel Mills Hit 80.6% Capacity Utilization Rate
This morning in metals news, U.S. steel mills produced at a capacity utilization rate of 80.6% for the year through Feb. 9, U.S. steel mill shipments rose 4.8% in 2018 on a year-over-year basis and a Peruvian plant used to produce copper will be partially suspended for the next 3-5 days. Need buying strategies for […]
This Morning in Metals: U.S. Steel to Restart EAF Construction
This morning in metals news, U.S. Steel announced the restart of construction on an electric arc furnace (EAF) facility, a new £35 million research network aims to make the U.K.’s steel sector carbon-neutral and the latest on the Thyssenkrupp-Tata joint venture. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook An EAF […]
This Morning in Metals: Ford to Invest $1B in Chicago Plants
This morning in metals news, Ford Motor Co. announced an investment in its Chicago plants, industry group American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reiterated its support for the Trump administration’s Section 232 steel tariffs and finished steel imports through the first 11 months of 2018 were down 10.8% year over year. Need buying strategies for […]
This Morning in Metals: Copper Ticks Up, the State of the Union and Nippon Results
This morning in metals news, copper rises for third straight session, President Donald Trump’s State of the Union addresses China, NAFTA and more, and Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. reported its quarterly earnings. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook Copper Picks Up According to Reuters, the copper […]
This Morning in Metals: ‘Much Work Remains’ in U.S.-China Trade Talks
This morning in metals news, the White House released a statement about the recent round of trade talks with China, Zambia plans to enforce a copper import tax and Australian miner Fortescue says the impact of a dam breach at one of Vale’s Brazilian iron ore mines remains unclear. Need buying strategies for steel? Request […]
Week in Review: Steel Production, Earnings Reports and Gold
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: Global crude steel production rose 4.6% year over year in 2018, while China’s piece of the pie grew. A dam breach at Brazilian miner Vale’s Corrego do Feijao iron ore […]
This Morning in Metals: Trump Signs ‘Buy American, Hire American’ Executive Order
This morning in metals news, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday pushing for increased use of domestic materials and labor, miner Glencore released its full-year production results for 2018, and the latest on the deadly dam breach at Vale’s Corrego do Feijao mine. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial […]
This Morning in Metals: Copper Hits Seven-Week High
This morning in metals news, copper gains momentum, Japan’s steel federation thinks domestic output will grow this year and U.S. Steel will have to pay at least $40 million to repair one of its facilities after a fire. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook Copper Reaches Seven-Week […]
