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 […]
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This Morning in Metals: U.S. Steel Announces $750M Investment in Gary Plant
This morning in metals, U.S. Steel announced a large investment at its flagship steel plant, the U.S. and China will resume talks on trade, and copper is set to finish the week with its biggest weekly loss since early July. U.S. Steel Announces $750M Investment U.S. Steel announced it plans to invest $750 million in […]
Copper Price Falls as BHP Says Deal is Reached to Avoid Escondida Strike
The breaking news this week is that Chile’s Escondida mine operator BHP has announced it looks like a strike has been averted and that a settlement plan is being put to the workers. That is good news for a market widely expected to go into deficit this year, according to Mining.com. But the prospect of […]
This Morning in Metals: Escondida Union to Take New Proposal to Workers
This morning in metals news, the workers at the Escondida mine in Chile will consider a new proposal as the threat of a strike looms at the world’s largest copper mine, Canada is considering safeguard mechanisms to combat U.S. tariffs and copper continues to struggle. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of […]
This Morning in Metals: Tariff Tensions Put WTO Between Rock and a Hard Place
This morning in metals news, the crossfire of tariffs and counter-tariffs between the U.S. and trading partners around the world has put the World Trade Organization in a difficult spot, President Donald Trump backed a boycott of Harley-Davidson on Sunday and LME copper drops amid the recent uptick in tensions between the U.S. and Turkey. […]
This Morning in Metals: China Responds to U.S. with $16B in Tariffs
This morning in metals news, China responds to the U.S.’s $16 billion in tariffs with the same amount in return, China’s additional announced $60 billion tariff threat could have a significant impact on the liquefied natural gas sector and copper traded flat yesterday. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook […]
This Morning in Metals: USTR Moves Forward With $16B in Tariffs
This morning in metals news, the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced it will move forward with $16 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports (out of an initially announced total of $50 billion in tariffs), Chile posted solid copper exports in July and U.S. raw steel production data is in for the week […]
This Morning in Metals: Shandong Province Announces Plans for Steel Capacity Cuts
This morning in metals, a Chinese province announced new capacity cut targets as part of the country’s overall environmental plans, copper supply-side issues and Vedanta’s quarterly earnings rise. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Plans to Cut Steel, Coal Capacity China’s Shandong province has new targets for cuts on steel and […]
Freeport-McMoRan Reports Q2 Net Income Jump As Copper Price Continues to Fall
Miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer, announced its second-quarter earnings Wednesday. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The miner reported Q2 net income attributable to common stock of $869 million and $1.6 billion for the first six months of the calendar year. The figures compare with […]
Australia is the Bellwether of China’s Economic Growth (Not Copper)
Stock markets in the West react to peaks and troughs on the Shanghai stock market as if the market were a true indicator of the health of the Chinese economy. Shanghai has been down since talk of sanctions has spooked markets in China, Europe and the U.S. Need buying strategies for steel in 2018? MetalMiner’s […]