steel

Earlier this year, authorities announced plans to phase out bamboo in favour of sturdier, fire-resistant steel, citing bamboo's combustibility and deterioration over time.

Aged in stainless steel and neutral oak, it’s dry and well-balanced, with a bright but not overly assertive acidity, deft minerality and pleasingly delicate persistence in the mouth.

Inside a sealed steel container called a ball mill, small pieces of sodium metal are ground together with Teflon.

Speaking in Brussels this week, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged the EU to loosen digital laws in exchange for lower steel duties.

Later in the year, he bought shares of Alpha Metallurgical Resources, which produces coal for steel production.