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    New trade settlement methods that are emerging in spot steel transactions against the backdrop of the worsening Ukraine-Russia war may indicate a lasting shift in the global steel marketplace, market sources told Fastmarkets recently

    Grain shipments by Ukrainian railways have increased in April, but are still only reaching just over half of their potential capability, delegates at a Kyiv-based grains meeting have been told on Wednesday

    Cobalt market participants attending last week’s MMTA conference in Sheffield, UK, claimed that cobalt price rises that have supported the market since the beginning of the year will not lead to falling demand from the quickly-growing battery industry

    Tight availability of metal and firm demand continued to drive aluminium premiums higher in the week to Tuesday April 19, with the duty-unpaid premium in Rotterdam reaching a new high, while the US Midwest premium held steady at its highest ever.

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