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Chinese authorities recently presented a draft plan to reduce heavy metal emissions by 5% by 2025. As noted previously here, the move comes after Beijing…
Ford Motor Co. reported November U.S. sales increased by 5.9% year over year to 158,793 vehicles. Total truck sales increased by 4.6%. Meanwhile, SUV sales…
Two years ago, Indonesia instituted a ban on nickel ore exports. Now, it is contemplating banning exports of tin and copper ore, too. Indonesia export…
Yesterday, MetalMiner’s Stuart Burns touched on the aluminum market and plummeting inventories, a trend in stark contrast to former times of plenty. Meanwhile, in the…
Longtime readers of MetalMiner may recall a number of aluminum posts we have put out over the years since the financial crisis that explores shadow…
Among a litany of the challenges, the ongoing semiconductor shortage has weighed on U.S. automotive manufacturers. Despite solid demand, sales have faced strong headwinds from…
The U.S. steel sector’s capacity utilization rate reached 84.1% for the week ending Nov. 13, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported.Steel capacity utilization Steel…
U.S. construction spending in September reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,573.6 billion, the Census Bureau reported. The September rate marked a decline of…
After months and months of debate, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to pass an over $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair the country’s…
The Automotive Monthly Metals Index (MMI) ticked up by 4.2% for this month’s reading.Ford Motor Co. reported total U.S. sales of 175,918 vehicles in October.…
When news of Russia’s export tax on primary aluminum came out in the summer, it caused an increase in LME prices. More significantly, however, physical…
With COP-26 running this week in Glasgow, the environment has been one of the main topics in the news. Rightly so, many of you will…
Two countries, two neighbors, two of the most populated countries in the world — China and India talked of their individual approaches to climate change…
Global crude steel production declined in September, marking the fourth straight month of month-over-month declines. Global crude steel production falls to 144.4 MT September global…
Few would argue that semiconductor shortages have hampered automotive output. Earlier in the year, automakers temporarily shuttered factories, cutting into output. According to Toyota, it…
A timely post by the Financial Times covers the threat to the global auto industry as a result of the power crisis in China limiting…
Several factors are likely to see base metals continue to encounter supply constraints into 2022. Chief among them is demand, said Colin Hamilton, managing director…
Talk of trade meetings is usually met with a yawn and click to the next news item. However, last week’s meeting between the E.U. and…
It was only a matter of time, as a fourfold increase in power costs for some heavy consumers, on top of environmental carbon emissions levies,…
The Copper Monthly Metals Index (MMI) fell 1.7%, as the copper demand picture could be set to weaken and the LME three-month and China primary…