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metal market

Russian scrap metal market continues to decline

Rusmet RA scrap price index for the 39th week (September 23-29) dropped again - to 20,500 rubles per ton (loading by rail). FCA basis, excluding delivery. This is another -0.73%...
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hot-rolled coils

Turkey's imports of hot-rolled coils decreased by 19.2% in January-July

Turkey's imports of hot-rolled coils totaled 156,000 tons in July this year, down 42.8% from June and 49.7% from the previous year, according to preliminary data provided by the...
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lithium

The Murmansk region will launch production of raw materials for lithium-ion batteries

Kola MMC in Monchegorsk plans to organize production of active cathode materials from lithium mined in the Murmansk Region. One of the key processors will be Rosatom's plant nea...
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coated steels

Popularizing coated steels

About 60 managers and specialists of organizations involved in the production and processing of galvanized rolled products (metallurgical companies, equipment suppliers, manufac...
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steel consumption

Malaysia expects growth in steel consumption

Visible consumption of steel products in Malaysia in 2024 will add more than 5% year-on-year to reach 8.3 million tons. This forecast was made by the national metallurgical asso...
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Steel pipe production

Steel pipe production decreased by 4.4% in the first five months of 2024

Russian metallurgists produced 5.3 million tons of steel pipes, hollow sections and their fittings in the first 5 months of 2024. This is evidenced by the data of the Federal St...
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long products

External Factors. World long products market: May 24 - June 7

The beginning of summer is usually a busy time on the global long products market. But not this year. In most countries, the construction sector is showing weak activity. The un...
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Сортовой прокат

State of Unrest. World long products market: May 10-24

The global long products market has not yet seen any changes for the better. The construction sector everywhere is experiencing a depression or a full-blown crisis. In Europe, f...
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aluminum production

Global aluminum production is slowly picking up

According to the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), global primary aluminum production in April 2024 was 5.898 million tonnes, up 3.3% from the same month last year. Avera...
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steelmaking

China's steel production lags behind last year's figures

According to the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China, in April 2024 the volume of steelmaking in the country amounted to 85.94 million tons. This is ...
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Aluminum prices are fixed to increase to $2,560/t

Aluminum prices are fixed to increase to $2,560/t

High volatility of aluminum prices was contributed by the introduction of a ban on the supply of Russian aluminum to the UK and the US, as part of the next package of sanctions....
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Iran pauses in aluminum production expansion

Iran pauses in aluminum production expansion

According to Iranian state-owned metallurgical holding Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), in 1402 local calendar, which ended ...
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World zinc production may decrease by 2030

World zinc production may decrease by 2030

The world production of zinc, will remain in 2025 almost at the level of the current year, its growth is expected at the level of 0.9%, up to 12.6 million tons, according to the...
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Copper price declined amid strengthening of the US dollar

Copper price declined amid strengthening of the US dollar

At the London Metal Exchange LME copper price decreased by $12/t to $8,728/t compared to last Friday, according to Translom. Negative influence on the futures market of metal...
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Global smelters downgraded their activity

Global smelters downgraded their activity

In the first two months of 2024, more copper smelters in the world did not operate than in the same period last year, mainly due to China's inactivity, Udokan Copper's Telegram ...
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Stainless steel consumption in Russia grew by 27%

Stainless steel consumption in Russia grew by 27%

According to the expert assessment of the association "Spetsstal", in 2023, compared to 2022, the volume of visible consumption of the main types of stainless steel products in ...
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Weekdays are great!

Weekdays are great!

The analytical service of IIS Metallosnabzheniye i Selling continues publishing the MSS-TR (Market Temperature) index. The value of this index is determined by means of expert p...
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Chinese company acquires copper mine in Botswana

Chinese company acquires copper mine in Botswana

Chinese mining company MMG has signed an agreement to acquire Canadian Cuprous Capital, which owns the Khoemacau copper mine in Botswana. The deal is valued at $1.88 billion and...
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Copper scrap price decreased to RUB 688 thousand per tonne

Copper scrap price decreased to RUB 688 thousand per tonne

For the period from October 10 to October 17, the average purchase price for copper scrap decreased compared to last week by 2 thousand rubles / ton, to 688 thousand rubles / to...
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China's nickel production hits record

China's nickel production hits record

According to China's Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), the country produced 24.0 thousand tons of refined nickel in October 2023, up 8.9% from September and 55.7% higher than the sa...
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