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This Morning in Metals: Trump Announces $50M in Tariffs on Chinese Goods

This morning in metals news, Trump announces $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, China responds to warn retaliatory tariffs are imminent and E.U. members are supportive of retaliatory measures against the U.S.’s Section 232 tariffs. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Trump Announces $50M in Tariffs on China […]

This Morning in Metals: China Responds With $3B in Tariffs on U.S. Goods

This morning in metals news, China responds to the U.S.’s Section 232 tariffs with $3 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods, several firms put in new bids for the distressed Essar Steel, and President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet this month to discuss trade. Need buying strategies for steel? Try […]

Trump Goes After Trade Deals, Calls for $1.5T in Infrastructure Spending During His First State of the Union Address

Trump Goes After Trade Deals, Calls for $1.5T in Infrastructure Spending During His First State of the Union Address

In an approximately 80-minute speech ranging from jobs and manufacturing to North Korea and Iran, President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address also touched on issues impacting the metals industry — albeit, perhaps not as directly as one might have expected. (As a brief aside, according to the American Presidency Project, which tracks […]

Section 232 Aluminum Report Moves on to President Trump

While it might not draw the same attention as its steel counterpart, the Trump administration’s Section 232 investigation of aluminum imports is just as important to the U.S. aluminum industry. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 affords the president broad powers in […]

This Morning in Metals: Rio Tinto Finds Copper at Grasberg for First Time Since 2014

This morning in metals news, Rio Tinto made a copper discovery at its Grasberg mine for the first time since 2014, automakers urge Trump not to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and copper hits a 3 1/2-week low. MetalMiner’s Annual Outlook provides 2018 buying strategies for carbon steel Rio Makes Copper […]

Section 232 Steel Probe Report Moves on to President Trump

Section 232 Steel Probe Report Moves on to President Trump

After a couple of self-imposed deadlines blown by and a lot of waiting, the next step in the Section 232 process has finally arrived. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Thursday evening the Department of Commerce announced Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had completed his Setion 232 steel report […]

What Will 2018 Hold? Possibly a Trade War, Political Turmoil and Much More

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 […]

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