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    Five associations representing carbon-intensive industries in Europe have joined forces to demand changes to the scope of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).Signed on Wednesday, January 25, one of the five signatories to the joint statement, the European steel association Eurofer, released the statement to the public domain on January 27. The other […]

    With tensions high in the region and import demand rapidly shifting, will this result in a truly structural change in the agriculture market?

    Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) has completed its purchase of a 45% minority equity interest in its single largest flat-roll steel customer, the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based steelmaker announced on Monday January 31. New Process Steel is a Houston-based metals solutions and distribution supply-chain management company. This investment – first announced in October 2021 – expands SDI’s […]

    Fastmarkets FOEX is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its PIX European Pulp price indices, as part of its annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until February 28th, 2022, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International […]

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