This morning in metals news, China has issued stricter rules on building new steel capacity, Chinese steel production is expected to slow down in 2018 and LME copper rises as the dollar loses ground. New Rules to Put the Squeeze on New Capacity in China China has new, stricter rules on building new steel capacity, […]
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What Will 2018 Hold? Possibly a Trade War, Political Turmoil and Much More
Everyone loves a forecast, a prediction, even a few ideas on what the future holds, and we become particularly obsessed with such ideas at the start of a new year. So, we thought it would be fun to review a few sources’ suggestions on what 2018 may hold, some as specific predictions like those in […]
Podcast Ep. 4: What the USS Gabrielle Giffords Means to the Aluminum Industry
Now that the New Year has begun, we’re getting ever closer (hopefully) to the Commerce Department’s final recommendations on the Section 232 investigation. Today we continue our podcast series that we’re calling “Manufacturing Trade Policy Confidential,” in which we turn our focus to the aluminum industry. Our guest is Heidi Brock, the president and CEO […]