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    Federally funded infrastructure projects in the United States may only use steel that is melted and poured in the US, the Office of Management and Budget for the Biden administration said in a statement on Monday April 18

    Logistical nightmares and truck driver shortages slow lumber and structural wood panel delivery

    Imported steel scrap prices in key market Vietnam were lower this past week amid weak demand from steelmakers, which are facing depressed long steel prices in the domestic markets and high inventories

    Hope is scarce that Russia’s war in Ukraine will end soon, after it decided in April to refocus its assault on the east of the country. NATO- and EU-aligned traders in metals of which Russia is a major supplier must continue to adapt to greater restrictions on doing business with the country as a result.A […]

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