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    Steelmakers have been using some of their windfall profits to acquire downstream businesses at a higher-than-average rate, and industry participants believe this trend will continue through 2022

    The world is going to need more graphite, both in natural and synthetic forms, to meet the demands from the energy transition

    Stable has announced a partnership with Fastmarkets to offer risk management tools settled upon Fastmarkets’ agriculture and forest products prices. Stable is a global commodity price risk management platform operating across 6,500+ agricultural markets, with contracts backed by A-rated reinsurers. Stable’s platform allows industry participants to directly manage price risk in key commodities across their […]

    US Steel Corp has informed employees of USS-Posco Industries (UPI) that the Pittsburg, California-based steel mill will be shut down in about 18 months, or December 2023, several market participants said.

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