Page 2 - Industrial Metals

Covid-19: Steel firms expect no production disruption amid oxygen diversion

Market cap of top four steelmakers up 29% in April so far; demand from China is a strong tailwind

Centre's disinvestment plan: A stress test for zombie steel plants

The disinvestment of loss-making plants may likely attract interest from secondary steel makers rather than the big players

Surge in steel price opens up room for companies to increase rates

Steel prices started rallying from March after the Chinese New Year holiday

2020, a 'gloom, doom and boom' year for metals amid Covid-19 pandemic

While Covid-19-led lockdowns across the globe destroyed demand in the early part of 2020, a supply cut-driven rally and sharp recovery in the auto sector have emerged as big themes

Metal producers look to repair dents after taking Covid-19 pandemic hit

The third of the five-part series looks at pick-up in metal sector demand & prices

CII seeks incentive package for lockdown-hit mining and metals sector

The demand ranges from financial support to tide over liquidity issues to logistics and trade policy support

Secondary metal producers crumble under lockdown, shipping cos add to woes

Scrap imported at lower prices stuck at ports, finished goods lying at factories with no transport available; shipping firms make hay by charging huge sums for storage at ports

Coronavirus impact: China metal exporters hit by rejection, damage claims

China is the world's biggest metals consumer but also the top exporter of some industrial metals, such as steel and aluminium

Industrial metals prices gain as global trade war fears fade

Trump administration officials are asking China to cut tariffs on imported cars

Despite fall, industrial metals seen rising in long term

Fall in prices of most industrial commodities in last few months is not a trend reversal

Tin and lead slip on sluggish demand

Elsewhere, copper armature and brass utensils scrap also edged down owing to mild demand from industrial users

Industrial metal's record deficit

The London Metal Exchange's LMEX Index, which tracks their performance in a single gauge, has risen 9.5% so far in 2016, rebounding after three years of losses

Bullish sentiment returns in base metals

Supply shortage, economic stimulus to support prices