Lithium hydroxide monohydrate min 56.5% LiOH.H2O battery grade, spot prices CIF China, Japan & Korea trade log including trades, bids, offers and assessments reported to Fastmarkets.

Chinese domestic prices suffer heavy falls on building steel inventory levels and persistent first-quarter demand worries, with rebar facing the toughest challenge.

Officially, 2019 is a Steel Success Strategies year, but it feels uncomfortably close to a Steel Survival Strategies year for many steel market participants.

Troubled UK long steel producer British Steel entered compulsory liquidation on May 22. Fastmarkets examines the reasons behind the company’s recent struggles, from uncertainty about Brexit and a slump in orders, to rising costs for raw materials.

AK Steel wants US President Donald Trump's administration to implement Section 232 protections on downstream products such as transformers that use electrical steels, company executives said.

As steel markets grow in maturity and look towards the use of derivatives and hedging tools, it is probably a good time to consider how hedging can increase the transparency of steel pricing and reducing the risks of volatile price trends.

Lithium fans, take note. The metal’s crown as the leading raw material in batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) is facing increasing competition from other products such as cobalt and nickel.

Steel First will examine the outlook for the European steel market at our Insight event in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Thursday March 17.

Metal Bulletin sister title Steel First will examine the outlook for the European steel market at our Insight event in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Thursday March 17.

China Steel Corp, Taiwan’s biggest steelmaker, will invest an additional $939 million in Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, a large integrated steel mill that is being built in Vietnam.