Rio Tinto Aluminium chief executive Alf Barrios recounts a career that has included work at Cern, the European Commission and a long and loyal period at BP before he took up his present role during interesting times for the aluminium industry.

The spot prices of manganese ore at the Chinese ports of Tianjin and Qinzhou have been diverging between Australian-origin and South African-origin since the start of August.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday September 5.

American Metal Market plans to launch a daily hot-rolled coil index in response to unprecedented steel market volatility sparked by Section 232, the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) and a potential trade war with China.

Metal Bulletin is inviting market feedback on its proposals to increase the minimum tonnages for some of its benchmark minor metals price assessments.

Metal Bulletin proposes to increase the minimum tonnage for its benchmark in-warehouse Rotterdam indium price assessment.

Italian steel trade unions have announced company-wide strike action at troubled Italian steelmaker Ilva, to take place on Tuesday September 11, four unions said in a joint statement on Friday August 31.

Metal Bulletin has today discontinued its weekly price assessments for Iranian imports of hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC).

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday August 31.

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation this week that will allow companies to request product-specific exclusions for steel imports from South Korea, Brazil and Argentina, along with aluminium imports from Argentina, even after import quotas from those countries are filled.