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    Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange set fresh multi-year highs on Wednesday April 21, while copper and tin shied away from previous highs, and the rest remain rangebound this morning.

    Tata Steel has filed a lawsuit against Liberty Steel over its speciality steel business deal made in 2017, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday April 22.

    Prices for higher grades of steel scrap exported from Japan continued to increase over the past week, underpinned by a strong appetite in the domestic market, sources told Fastmarkets this week.

    Domestic demand in the United States for hot-rolled coil is “phenomenal” and is expected to remain that way for the rest of 2021 and into 2022, Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) president and chief executive officer Mark Millett said during the company’s earnings call.

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