The U.S. steel sector’s steel capacity utilization rate has continued to inch upward in recent months, rising to 59.3% for the week ending Aug. 1.
Category: Ferrous Metals
USITC maintains existing duties on carbon, alloy steel wire rod products
The United States International Trade Commission recently ruled in a five-year sunset review of duties on carbon and alloy wire rod imports from several countries.
Week in Review: Stainless steel demand; industrial production; copper prices
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.
Tata Steel to launch first scrap-based steel plant in India
India’s first scrap-based steel plant will soon come online. Tata Steel has set up the new plant in Haryana in central India. The plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 500,000 tons, the Hindu Business Line reported. Tata has set up the plant in collaboration with Aarti Green Tech Ltd, a subsidiary of […]
This Morning in Metals: Canadian P1020 aluminum exports to U.S. fall in July
This morning in metals news: the Aluminum Association of Canada reported the country’s aluminum exports to the U.S. have declined; Great Lakes region steel production is down this year; and the International Tin Association commented on Yunnan province’s tin stockpiling initiative.
Don Hauser: Five things to watch out for heading into steel contracting season
This has been a volatile year for global markets, with already slowing economic growth compounded by the destructive impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Stainless steel demand holds back the nickel price
The nickel price has not recovered as quickly as other base metals have.
Steel capacity utilization continues recent gains, moves to 58.9%
The U.S. steel sector has slowly but surely been showing some signs of recovery.
This Morning in Metals: Gold price rises to all-time high
This morning in metals news: the gold price has surged to an all-time high; China is eyeing changes to its steep capacity swap rules; and Northern Dynasty Minerals has received an environmental impact study for its Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project in Alaska.
This Morning in Metals: June steel imports drop to 1.3M metric tons
This morning in metals news: U.S. steel imports fell in June; Freeport-McMoRan reported its Q2 and first-half results; and Norsk Hydro’s underlying EBIT for the second quarter gained compared with Q2 2019.