A new Cold War — does that sound ridiculous? Does it sound alarmist? Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook It would have been a month or more back, but today it is a plausible statement. A post by Edward Luce in the Financial Times refers to a Bloomberg […]
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This Morning in Metals: Aluminum Association Disappointed in USMCA
This morning in metals news, the Aluminum Association expressed its disappointment in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the Pentagon is reviewing the U.S.’s dependence on foreign sources of critical materials (including rare earths from China) and Section 232 steel tariff exemption requests continue to rise. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial […]
NAFTA — Now USMCA — Agreed to at Last
You have to ask, after all the damage that America’s threats to rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has done to the relationship between the three member countries, whether the eventual outcome this week was worth it. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook Naturally enough, […]
Federal Reserve Raises Rates Again
Emerging-market finance ministers must have woken up with a groan Thursday morning as news of yesterday’s Fed hike will have blipped up on their news feeds (that is, if they weren’t up late into the night their time listening to the outcome of last Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting). Need buying strategies for steel? Request your […]
DOC Announces New Rebuttal System in Attempt to Improve Much-Criticized Section 232 Exclusion Process
The impact of the U.S.’s Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs on its relationships with other countries has been well-documented — but what about Section 232 challenges at home? Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook For domestic businesses seeking to win product exclusions from the tariffs that went […]
Britain’s Brexit Boat Hits the Rocks
Well, that didn’t go very well, did it? Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook After a couple of weeks scurrying around European capitals and intense lobbying directly to E.U. leaders, Britain’s Prime Minster Theresa May received short shrift at an E.U. conference in Salzburg, Austria last week. May […]
Russian Sanctions Remain a Threat to Metals Markets
Following Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine in February 2014 — the Ukrainian crisis, as it became known as — a number of countries imposed sanctions on Russia led by the United States and Europe, but supported by many others like Canada, Australia and Japan. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook The […]
Week in Review: Consumption in China, Turkey Tariffs and Vedanta’s Big Plans
Before we head into the Labor Day weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was and some of the storylines here on MetalMiner: Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook MetalMiner’s Stuart Burns took a look at Chinese domestic consumption and its impact on commodities. On Monday […]
Trump Follows Reagan into Space
You never quite know with Donald Trump whether a new announcement is a case of international headline grabbing or whether the true motivation is the financial deal. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook But the president’s push for the U.S. to create a sixth branch of the armed forces […]
This Morning in Metals: Tennessee Manufacturers Ask Trump to Rescind Steel Tariff
This morning in metals news, a group of Tennessee manufacturers sent the president a letter urging him to rescind the Section 232 tariff on imported steel, the Trump administration has proposed a new rule for emissions standards that would undo Obama-era limits and copper hit a one-week high.Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free […]
