Ferro-molybdenum 65-70% Mo, in-whs Pittsburgh, $/lb

The Chilean Ministry of Economy released a strengthening plan to reverse — in the short and medium term — the reduction in jobs and the decline in industrial infrastructure and steel production due to the closure of the country's largest steel mill, Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato, which officially ceased operations on Monday September 16.

Australian alumina production remains “attractive” although heightened environmental-social-governance (ESG) considerations have been causing some tension recently, delegates said during a panel discussion at Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium conference in Athens, Greece, on September 10-12.

Fastmarkets has decided to amend the base specifications of its iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines index to more closely align with the specifications of Brazilian high-grade fines.