Tag: steel

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Trump announces higher tariffs for steel and aluminum derivates

  

  US. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation increasing tariffs on derivative steel products by an additional 25% and boosting duties on derivative aluminum products by an additional 10%.

• Saturday, December 21st 2019 - 10:31 UTC

  Trump will not levy new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum, Bolsonaro says

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that US President Donald Trump told him in a phone conversation that his administration will not levy new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum as threatened earlier this month.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  British Steel and 25.000 jobs on the brink: waiting for government life line

  

  British Steel, the country’s second-largest steel producer, is on the brink of collapse unless the government agrees to provide an emergency 30 million pound (US$ 38 million) loan, two sources close to the situation said.

• Friday, May 6th 2011 - 02:14 UTC

  Iron-ore price doubles in a year; Brazil Vale’s profits soar to 6.8bn in first

  

  Brazil’s Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, posted a record quarterly profit as mineral prices and sales of metals including copper and nickel surged. Net income increased to 6.83 billion USD from 1.6 billion, in the year-ago period, Vale announced Thursday in a regulatory filing.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 07:06 UTC

  Argentina’s industrial output up 10.3% in January over a year ago

  

  Argentina’s industrial output climbed 10.3% during January compared to the same month in 2010, according to the Indec national statistics bureau. The volume reported was higher than the one expected by analysts, who had announced an 8.1 percent increase of the Industrial Monthly Estimator (EMI) in January.