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    Battery materials market set to be finely balanced in 2023

    Fastmarkets looks ahead to 2023 and beyond at some key predictions for the battery materials market as the world continues to strive towards a new generation of energy markets

    January 23, 2023
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    By: the Fastmarkets team
    Argentine weekly farmer sales for corn old and new crops decline

    While soybean and wheat sales present a mixed picture, corn sales show a downward trend

    January 23, 2023
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    By: Victor Gusmao
    No global scrap shortage looming as mills transition to EAF, CMC says

    There is no global scrap shortage looming, the top executive at Commercial Metals Co (CMC) told a packed room at Fastmarkets’ Scrap & Steel North America 2023 event in Dallas, adding that while there is no decarbonization blueprint for the steel industry to follow, the shift to electric-arc furnace (EAF) steel production is key to meeting “green” targets

    January 23, 2023
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    By: Lisa Gordon
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    US scrap consolidation benefits market: SSNA panelists

    The scrap industry in the US is expected to continue to consolidate, which benefits the market overall, panelists said at Fastmarkets’ event this week

    January 23, 2023
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    By: Grace Asenov
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