The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced this week that it had launched anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations related to imports of fabricated structural steel from Canada, Mexico and China. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook The investigation comes on the heels of a petition filed by the […]
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DOC: Cast Iron Soil Pipe from China Aided by Countervailing Subsidies, Dumped in U.S.
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on Monday announced an affirmative determination in its anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of cast iron soil pipe imports from China. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook According to the DOC, China’s cast iron soil pipe exporters have sold the product at […]
Industry Group Asks Trump Administration to Release Section 232 Automotive Report
Just before the statutory deadline, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Sunday sent President Donald Trump his report on the Section 232 automotive investigation opened last year. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook The Trump administration launched the investigation May 23, 2018, using Section 232 of the Trade Expansion […]
Indian Government Aims to Boost Domestic Steel Sector with Import Restrictions
Steel imports are once again threatening India’s steel sector, spurring major steel companies to ask the government to impose steel import duties. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook In the past few months, representatives of steel companies like Tata Steel and JSW Steel have met steel ministry officers […]
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 […]
Europe Formalizes Provisional Steel Tariffs from the Start of February
Some call them safeguards, some call them protectionist barriers, and some love them and some hate them. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook Few measures divide like import tariffs. We have seen it in the U.S. While Europe would claim its own measures are a reaction to the […]
Talking Tariffs, Part 3: Are Tariffs ‘Bad’ for the Economy?
[Editor’s note: This is the third and final part of our series on tariffs. In case you missed them, read Part 1 and Part 2.] — 2002 Bush Section 201 Steel Tariffs All of this background analysis brings us to the heart of the current debate: are the tariffs “bad” for the economy and manufacturing? […]
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 […]
A Look at China’s Slowing Economic Growth Vis-a-Vis the Metals Market
China is one of the most-watched economies in the world because its health ties in heavily with overall global economic growth. Further, there is a strong correlation between the Chinese economy as an industrial metals demand generator and the primary metals market outlook. MetalMiner has always followed some Chinese indicators in order to completely understand […]
India’s Coal Sector is in Need of a Boost
India’s coal sector clearly needs some urgent initiatives from the government in order to give it a boost. Some analysts say it’s time the government opened up commercial coal mining to the private sector. This would have a dual effect — it would attract global coal mining companies and also bring new technology and best […]
