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Here are the key takeaways from market participants on US ferrous scrap metal prices, market confidence, inventory and more from our December survey.

Europe’s hopes of an independent battery supply chain are in jeopardy, some market participants said, after a recent spate of company announcements that were widely regarded as bearish for the burgeoning sector.

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Fastmarkets is to amend the timing window for its MB-AL-0381 aluminium low-carbon differential P1020A from Friday December 6.

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Demand for germanium, which is a key material in space-based solar energy applications, is expected by market participants to see growth in the coming years, on the back of the increase in satellite launches and progress made in large-scale satellite internet constellation projects, sources told Fastmarkets.

Wogen Resources has signed a binding offtake agreement with Australian antimony miner Larvotto Resources for the sales rights of the miner’s upcoming antimony-gold concentrate produced during the first seven years of mining, the companies confirmed with Fastmarkets on Monday December 2.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the frequency of the publication of several US base metal price assessments to a monthly basis, including MB-PB-0006 lead 99.97% ingot premium, ddp Midwest US; MB-SN-0036 tin 99.85% premium, in-whs Baltimore; MB-SN-0011 tin 99.85% premium, ddp Midwest US; MB-NI-0240 nickel 4x4 cathode premium, delivered Midwest US and MB-NI-0241 nickel briquette premium, delivered Midwest US.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its MB-PB-0099 lead 99.99% ingot premium, delivered Midwest US price assessment.