IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from February 20

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday February 20 that are worth another look.

US-based metallurgical coal producer Warrior Met Coal has announced plans to develop a hard coking coal project in Alabama with a capacity of 3.9-million-tonnes per year, through an investment of around $550-600 million over the next five years.

Alcoa Corp has been certified by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) to market products under ASI’s chain of custody standard.

Copper output by global miner Anglo American was down slightly in 2019, which the company attributed to the year being one of the driest on record in Chile, it said on February 20.

China’s stainless steel market saw some activity over the past week following several weeks of stagnation as a result of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in the country.

HBIS Group’s Chenggang will conduct maintenance on one of its four blast furnaces (BFs) from February 20, which will reduce around 300 tonnes per month of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) output, market sources told Fastmarkets.

What to read next
Tariffs are creating a short-term period of volatility, but are not shifting conviction on the long-term fundamentals of the copper market, the chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Copper has said
Producers of copper appear to be adopting the public mantra of “keep calm and carry on” while trade tensions escalate. But this belies an underlying mood of concern that not just they, but the wider industry, has assumed
How tariffs, economic uncertainty and innovation are shaping the future of US copper production
Read special correspondent Andrea Hotter's coverage from CESCO Week 2025 and learn more about the growing demand for copper
Aurubis CEO says that copper smelting growth is likely but the market needs to avoid overcapacity
Aurubis CEO discusses copper tariff impacts and strategic investments in US and Europe