When the Department of Commerce announced last month that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had forwarded his Section 232 steel report (and the following week, aluminum) to President Donald Trump, the details of the report were not made public. Section 232 buying strategies – download MetalMiner’s Section 232 Investigation Impact Report today! That changed Friday, […]
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This Morning in Metals: Japan’s JFE Holdings Plans to Spend $6B on Upgrades
This morning in metals news, JFE Holdings Inc. in Japan plans to spend $6 billion on upgrades in the coming years, the Congressional Steel Caucus asked the administration for guidance on the Section 232 action timeline and Shanghai copper posted its biggest price jump since October. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months […]
This Morning in Metals: DOC Initiates AD, CVD Probes of Large Welded Pipe From 6 Countries
This morning in metals news, the U.S. Department of Commerce kicks off a new anti-dumping and countervailing duty probe, China urges the U.S. to exercise restraint when it comes to tariffs on steel imports and President Trump plans to meet with lawmakers to discuss tariffs on metals. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free […]
Week in Review: New-Look Diet Coke, Growth in India and Ford’s Future
Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was and some of the headlines here on MetalMiner: Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Our Stuart Burns talked about the new-look Diet Coke, which will not only come in a series of new […]
Trump Goes After Trade Deals, Calls for $1.5T in Infrastructure Spending During His First State of the Union Address
In an approximately 80-minute speech ranging from jobs and manufacturing to North Korea and Iran, President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address also touched on issues impacting the metals industry — albeit, perhaps not as directly as one might have expected. (As a brief aside, according to the American Presidency Project, which tracks […]
This Morning in Metals: NAFTA Talks Continue as U.S. Seeks ‘Breakthroughs’
This morning in metals news, the U.S. team looks for “breakthroughs” in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), more than 25,000 British Steel pension members did not respond to a consultation about the future of their pension pots and zinc hits a 10 1/2-year high on supply concerns. Need buying strategies […]
USTR Report Argues China’s Compliance with WTO Rules Has Gotten Worse in Recent Years
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) earlier this month released its annually mandated report to Congress on China’s World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance — unsurprisingly, the report did not have good news for China in its quest to be treated like a market economy. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price […]
This Morning in Metals: Kobe Steel Hopes New Personnel Can Help Restore Image
This morning in metals news, Kobe Steel‘s personnel shake-up constitutes one attempt to put distance between the company and its quality data falsification scandal, the chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation said China’s steel output is under control despite record production in 2017 and the fate of the 24-year-old North American Free Trade […]
This Morning in Metals: MetalMiner on NPR, NAFTA and Alcoa Earnings
This morning in metals news, our own Lisa Reisman appeared on NPR’s “Marketplace” yesterday, President Trump said Wednesday that terminating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would lead to the best renegotiated deal and Alcoa reported its 2017 4Q and full-year earnings. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook Aluminum and China on […]
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 […]
