Just as we were about to go to press with an article on the surprising resilience of seaborne iron ore and coking coal prices in Asia, the market in Asia closed yesterday with heavy falls – they beat us to it. Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use platform? Inquire about […]
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This Morning in Metals: Congo locks down mining province after coronavirus cases
This morning in metals news, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reportedly locked down a mining province for 48 hours, the U.S. steel sector’s steel capacity utilization rate is 81.7% for the year through March 14 and Ford provided an update on its North American operations amid the coronavirus crisis. Looking for metal price […]
MetalMiner’s pop-up webinar overviews coronavirus, oil price impacts
How will the coronavirus outbreak and oil price volatility impact metal prices in 2020 and how can industrial metal buying organizations be prepared for what’s ahead? Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use platform? Inquire about MetalMiner Insights today! This past Friday, the MetalMiner team hosted a pop-up webinar on that […]
Aluminum mills are moving down the carbon league tables
Despite a plunging LME price and dire short-term prospects for metal consumption in Europe and the U.S., aluminum mills are still following through on long-term plans to improve their environmental credentials. Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use platform? Inquire about MetalMiner Insights today! They are doing this, particularly, to lower […]
This Morning in Metals: Turkey launches WTO dispute over E.U.’s steel safeguard
This morning in metals news, Turkey has objected to the E.U.’s steel safeguards at the World Trade Organization (WTO) level, copper prices continue to plummet and Chinese iron ore prices took heavy losses Monday. Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use platform? Inquire about MetalMiner Insights today!
U.S. housing starts surge 39.2% year over year in February
Although housing starts in the U.S. in February declined compared with January, they rose 39.2% compared with starts in January 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use platform? Inquire about MetalMiner Insights today!
Week in Review: Coronavirus impacts; precious metals plunge; ‘negative oil’
Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was and some of the metals coverage here on MetalMiner, including: the coronavirus outbreak’s impact on share prices and commodities prices; a look back at Norsk Hydro’s 2019; precious metals prices’ plunge; Moody’s releases a coronavirus heat map; and “negative […]
This Morning in Metals: U.S. Steel announces Q1 guidance
This morning in metals news, U.S. Steel unveiled its guidance for the first quarter, Glencore issued its response to the COVID-19 crisis, and gold prices are rising in relative value compared with copper and silver. Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use platform? Inquire about MetalMiner Insights today!
This Morning in Metals: MetalMiner to host webinar on coronavirus’ impact on metal prices
This morning in metals news, MetalMiner on Friday will host a webinar on the subject of the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on metal prices, the Aluminum Association responded to the COVID-19 crisis with proposals to strengthen the aluminum sector, and Paris-based Constellium will reduce or suspend some of its operations. Looking for metal price […]
If Chinese smelters don’t turn off the taps, the world could flooded with aluminum
We are not claiming any particular foresight on this, but a recent Reuters article yesterday covers a topic we wrote on last week concerning the disconnect between China’s aluminum smelters, which managed to raise output by 2.4% during the troubled first two months of this year, and the downstream aluminum semi-finished product producers, which all […]
