This morning in metals news: Nucor Corporation this week said it is evaluating locations for a new 3-million-ton capacity sheet mill; meanwhile, the Department of Commerce announced changes to its anti-dumping and countervailing duty regulations; and, lastly, British Steel warned about surging power prices. Cut-to-length adders. Width and gauge adders. Coatings. Feel confident in knowing what […]
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UK’s Liberty Steel stares into the abyss
We have written before about Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, sometimes as a result of its subsidiary Liberty Steel’s purchase of yet another (usually loss-making) steel asset. We have also covered its foray into alternative metals, such as GFG’s purchase of Rio Tinto’s aluminum smelter at Dunkirk in 2018. GFG has been admired by many for […]
This Morning in Metals: British Steel delivers first rails to Europe under Jingye ownership
This morning in metals news: British Steel delivered its first rails to Europe under its new ownership group; meanwhile, Alcoa said it will supply low-carbon aluminum for the wheels of Audi’s first electric sports car; and, lastly, the race is on to repair a fire-damaged automotive chip factory in Japan. Don’t miss the MetalMiner analyst […]
Tata Group in negotiations with U.K. over possible state bailout
Despite talks of negotiations over a potential Tata Group bailout in the U.K., the Indian firm has proved itself a generally good steward of the businesses it has purchased in the U.K. over the years. In hindsight, its purchase of Jaguar Land Rover from Ford for U.S. $2.3 billion in June 2008 was a steal. […]
This Morning in Metals: Supreme Court rejects Section 232 challenge
This morning in metals news, the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs on steel, British MPs are calling for government assistance for the British steel industry and ArcelorMittal is reportedly considering the sale of some of its Canadian iron ore assets.
This Morning in Metals: Aluminum Association files antidumping, countervailing duty petitions
This morning in metals news, the Aluminum Association filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions alleging imports of aluminum sheet from 18 countries are harming the U.S. industry, the British Steel takeover is set to be completed today, and the issue of steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil remains up in the air. Looking for metal […]
This Morning in Metals: Steel import permit applications drop 47.5% in February
This morning in metals news, steel import permit applications plunged in February, buyers are lining up to buy British Steel’s plant in France and Vietnam is ramping up purchases of U.S. agricultural goods in the hopes of avoiding tariffs. Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use platform? Inquire about MetalMiner Insights […]
British Steel to live on, with or without the French
After 10 months of many false starts and tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money pumped into the company to keep it going, the purchase of British Steel’s U.K. assets at least appears on the verge of completion next week. Improve metal purchase timing and mitigate price risk — trial MetalMiner’s monthly metal buying […]
This Morning in Metals: U.S. steel capacity utilization rate hits 81.8%
This morning in metals news, the U.S steel sector posted a capacity utilization rate of 81.8% through the first two months of the year, a major copper conference has been canceled amid coronavirus concerns and a British Steel takeover deal has finally been reached. Looking for metal price forecasting and data analysis in one easy-to-use […]
This Morning in Metals: Jingye Group pitches French government on British Steel deal
This morning in metals news, China’s Jingye Group has reportedly written to the French government in an effort to keep its takeover of the insolvent British Steel afloat, Liberty Steel faces challenges at its South Carolina mill and iron ore prices continue to surge. Improve metal purchase timing and mitigate price risk — trial MetalMiner’s […]
