Global production from zinc mines fell 5.9% year-on-year in 2020, the Australian government reported. In particular, production fell 3.7% in China compared to a 6.9% decrease in other parts of the world, highlighting China’s strong role in zinc mine production. Zinc is found in the earth’s crust primarily
In Mexico, 68% of citizens changed their eating habits during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recent study by Kantor, a retail consultancy. Above all, these changes were derived from the general decline in family income and the constant uncertainty about Mexico’s economic recovery. In 2021, the USDA
Global surface temperature has risen faster since 1970 than in any other 50-year period for at least the last 2,000 years (high confidence). The Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Climate Change or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, known by the acronym in English IPCC, has reached that conclusion.
The Ministry of Economy of Mexico reported this Monday that it will maintain the same compensatory duties that it has been applying to imports of cold rolled sheet from China. This announcement was made public in a final resolution published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF).
The outlook beyond the next two quarters is unusually uncertain given the dislocation on the supply and demand side of the logistics industries, according to shipping company Maersk. On the demand side, high household savings in the United States and Europe should support consumer demand, but the composition
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) initiated fewer safeguard investigations in 2020 compared to 2019. On the one hand, 23 investigations were initiated in 2020 and 12 measures were applied. Comparatively, the 30 investigations initiated in 2019 represented the second highest level since 1995 (the highest level