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.
Category: Metal Prices
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.
Week in Review: Housing starts rise; oil price recovers; shipping lines face challenges
Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was and some of the metals storylines on MetalMiner:
Global aluminum production in June reaches 5.27M tons
Global aluminum production in June increased slightly from the previous month on a daily average basis.
U.S. steel sector’s capacity utilization rate continues to inch upward
The U.S. steel sector’s capacity utilization rate inched upward yet again last week.
U.S. housing start activity surges 17.3% in June
U.S. housing start activity bounced back in June.
Week in Review: July 2020 MMI report; silver prices; LME off-warrant stock
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, including coverage of silver prices, LME off-warrant stocks, cobalt-free lithium-ion batteries and more:
