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    TORONTO, ON, 23 March 2020 (Fastmarkets RISI) – Paper Excellence (PE) confirmed today that CEO Brian Baarda has stepped down.“Brian Baarda has made a personal decision to leave the organization,” PE’s EHS and corporate communications VP Graham Kissack told Fastmarkets RISI.Kissack said that PE has created a management committee to replace Baarda and does not […]

    Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board at the close of morning trading on Monday March 23, with tin leading the complex lower with a fall of 5.5%

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    Fastmarkets published its chrome ore South Africa UG2 concentrates index basis 42%, cif China and ferro-chrome lumpy Cr benchmark indicator late on Friday March 20 due to a technical error.

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