If you’ve visited MetalMiner recently, you might have noticed some changes to our aluminum, carbon steel and stainless steel price landing pages. The pages can be found from the homepage’s top menu under “Metal Prices.” As of this month, visitors to these pages can now find a modified, interactive price chart modeling the LME three-month […]
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European Commission launches investigation into flat-rolled aluminum from China
Following on from an investigation started in February, the European Commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of aluminum flat-rolled products from China. The trade group European Aluminium made the formal complaint to the European Commission. Stop obsessing about the actual forecasted aluminum price — it’s more important to spot the trend. Products included, […]
Week in Review: Trump targets Canadian aluminum; copper flattens; silver surges
This past week’s metals news covered everything from silver price movements to the copper price rise’s slowdown to the reimposition of tariffs on some Canadian aluminum. We also broke down President Donald Trump’s recent proclamation with respect to reimposing the Section 232 tariff on some Canadian aluminum. MetalMiner’s Stuart Burns delved into the concern expressed […]
Aluminum MMI: Chinese aluminum demand remains strong, imports surge
The aluminum price on the SHFE is outpacing its LME counterpart and Chinese demand for the metal remains strong.
This Morning in Metals: U.S. steel capacity utilization reaches 60.4%
This morning in metals news: The U.S. steel sector posted another incremental increase in capacity utilization. Meanwhile, the Aluminum Association applauded a Department of Commerce decision regarding subsidies of imported aluminum sheet. Lastly, Alcoa criticized the Trump administration’s decision to reimpose the Section 232 aluminum tariff on imports from Canada. Steel sector capacity utilization rises […]
Week in Review: Aluminum prices rise; steel capacity gains; Ford CEO to retire
It was another busy week in the world of metals and metal-using sectors. Among this week’s major developments were an executive shakeup at Ford, aluminum prices on the rise in China and a U.S. steel sector seeing capacity utilization gains week by week.
Aluminum is having a strong recovery in China
Aluminum does appear to be having a surprisingly strong post-pandemic recovery — in China, at least.
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.
Aluminum MMI: Aluminum price makes gains, index rises 6.7%
The Aluminum Monthly Metals Index (MMI) increased by nearly 6.7% for this month’s MMI reading.
