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India Expresses Concerns at WTO About Possibility of Trade War Sparked by Section 232 Tariffs

India has been champing at the bit ever since the United States imposed a 25% import tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum imports to protect its own industry. Need buying strategies for steel in 2018? MetalMiner’s Annual Outlook has what you need Last week, India told an informal meeting of heads of delegations at […]

GOES MMI: First Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Exemption Requests Filed

The MetalMiner GOES Monthly Metals Index (MMI) dropped nine points this month to 179. This price drop runs counter to the wider steel market in which prices continued to increase throughout April. The U.S. grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) coil price fell again this month, dropping 4.7%. Not surprisingly, import levels dropped abruptly, going from over […]

Renewables MMI: Prices Dip as Subindex Posts Two-Point Drop

The Renewables Monthly Metals Index (MMI) tracked back two points, falling to 105 for our May MMI reading. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Within the basket of metals, Japanese and Korean steel plate posted month-over-month price drops. Meanwhile, Chinese and U.S. steel plate were up for the month. U.S. […]

Rare Earths MMI: Researchers Discover Rare Earths Deposit Under Japanese Waters

The Rare Earths Monthly Metals Index (MMI) lost one point this month, dropping to 20 for our May reading. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Within this basket of metals, yttrium dropped slightly, while terbium oxide fell 7.8%. Neodymium oxide dropped 7.9%. Europium oxide fell 0.9%. Dysprosium oxide fell […]

Europe Has the Potential to Develop Domestic Lithium Sources

We normally associate Cornwall in England with scones and cream teas … or, if we are really metal nerds, we associate the sometimes sunny southeast country of the British Isles with mining (particularly with tin mining). Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The area dominated with igneous morphology has […]

Floating Solar Plants Gain Momentum in India

There’s a new trend on the solar energy harnessing front in India. Like in China and a few of the Southeast Asian nations, India is seeing a spurt in what are called “floating solar plants.” Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook In late 2017, the country inaugurated its largest […]

Should the JV Between Allegheny and Tsingshan Stainless Receive Section 232 Exemption?

On March 26, ATI Metals filed an exemption to the Section 232 tariffs on behalf of its joint venture (JV) with Tsingshan Stainless called Allegheny & Tsingshan Stainless. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook In November 2017, the JV sought to produce and market 60” wide sheet in the North […]

Brexit, Part 2: Potential Alternatives and Life After the E.U.

Editor’s Note: Check out Part 1 here.  — The option of European Economic Area (EEA) membership like Norway — which is not in the European Union (E.U.) but has open borders with the bloc and accepts some of its laws and regulations — seems strangely to have not been an option debated (at least publicly). […]

USTR Section 301 Report Identifies 12 Countries for Priority Watch List on IP Enforcement

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Friday released a special Section 301 report in which it called out and identified certain trading partners who are falling afoul of intellectual property rights rules. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The USTR puts out the annual Special […]

Aluminum Association Calls for Quota-Free Exemptions for ‘Responsible’ Trading Partners

The Aluminum Association sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday calling for quota-free tariff exemptions for all “responsible trading partners countries,” while also calling for specifically addressing Chinese overcapacity. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook “As you continue to evaluate and implement the Section 232 remedy, I urge you […]

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