This morning in metals news, the extension of pollution-curbing efforts in China is offering a boost to iron ore and steel futures, an Australian steel company is nervous about the possibility of Section 232-related steel tariffs from the U.S., and Mexico fined a steel company for stock manipulation. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two […]
Tag: Section 232
Breaking Down Section 232 Aluminum, Part 1: Commerce Eyes 80% Capacity Utilization
Last week, the Department of Commerce released the reports accompanying the Section 232 investigations for both aluminum and steel products. The Department of Commerce initiated the investigations last April under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which grants the president the ability, along with his Department of Commerce, to determine whether certain […]
This Morning in Metals: Japanese Steel Industry Appeals to Free Trade Principles
This morning in metals news, Japan urges caution in steel Section 232, Kazakhstan’s output of a number of metals jumped month over month in January and Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska will step down as president of Rusal and En+ Group. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Japanese Steel Industry […]
Department of Commerce Releases Section 232 Aluminum, Steel Recommendations
When the Department of Commerce announced last month that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had forwarded his Section 232 steel report (and the following week, aluminum) to President Donald Trump, the details of the report were not made public. Section 232 buying strategies – download MetalMiner’s Section 232 Investigation Impact Report today! That changed Friday, […]
This Morning in Metals: Japan’s JFE Holdings Plans to Spend $6B on Upgrades
This morning in metals news, JFE Holdings Inc. in Japan plans to spend $6 billion on upgrades in the coming years, the Congressional Steel Caucus asked the administration for guidance on the Section 232 action timeline and Shanghai copper posted its biggest price jump since October. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months […]
This Morning in Metals: Weaker Chinese Demand Might Hold Back Copper, Aluminum Rallies
This morning in metals news, weaker demand in China could counterbalance other forces that would push the prices of copper and aluminum up, the Chinese perspective on potential looming trade actions from the Trump administration, and new research has produced a “super-strong” aluminum alloy. Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook Could […]
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 outlookSection 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 affords the president broad powers in determining whether […]
America is Picking the Right Fight with the Wrong Enemy
The above headline is true, assuming the U.S.’s avowed aim is the health and future of the American steel industry and its workers. Need buying strategies for steel in 2018? MetalMiner’s Annual Outlook has what you need No one would dispute the idea that the world has too much steelmaking capacity. Many emerging markets and […]
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 […]
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 […]
