Western governments are increasingly implementing policies to protect their local metal-producing industries from rival products made in the developing world, but how should eastern lawmakers and companies respond to these moves?

Mercedes-Benz has signed its second deal with a major US steel producer to supply greener steel in hopes of reaching decarbonization goals by the year 2039, the German automaker announced on Wednesday March 20

Steelmakers in Colombia have called on their government to follow in the footsteps of Mexico and Brazil and significantly increase import duties to curtail arrivals of wire rod from China and elsewhere

Aluminium producer and recycler Constellium announced on Tuesday March 12 that the company is moving to test hydrogen utilization at an industrial scale as a power source in its casthouses

The project, which powers the world's largest alumina refinery outside China, Alunorte, not only marks a significant leap towards sustainability but also showcases Norsk Hydro's commitment to reducing carbon emissions

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-ALU-0002 alumina index, fob Australia and its MB-ALU-0010 alumina inferred index, fob Brazil, which were published incorrectly on Monday March 18.

Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9-billion purchase of US Steel (USS) could face additional challenges, with US President Joe Biden publicly cementing his opposition to the already heavily criticized deal

Raw material prices have come under the pressure of falling steel demand around the world since the second half of 2023, and market participants expect the trend to extend into 2024

The United States steel industry lauded the most recent legislation introduced in Congress to clamp down on the surge of Mexican steel imports, which represents a bipartisan bid to the Biden Administration to hold Mexico accountable for the surge in steel imports, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 12.

Increasing amounts of aluminium are being used to make solar panels, reduce vehicle emissions and upgrade electricity networks in a structural shift to patterns of long-term aluminium consumption