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Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) is aiming for its new $1.9-billion electric-arc furnace (EAF) mill in Sinton, Texas, to be operating at 80% capacity by the third quarter before hitting full capacity by year-end, chief financial officer Theresa Wagler said at Fastmarkets’ Steel Success Strategies conference in Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday June 6
Chile’s copper production decreased by 8.93% in April from a year earlier despite a recovery from Escondida, with fewer volumes reported for Codelco and Collahuasi, the country’s copper commission, Cochilco, said on Thursday June 2
Dwindling demand and differing supply situations between regions pressured aluminium billet premiums down or kept them unchanged across the world on Wednesday June 1, with clear bearishness slowly taking over global markets
Even with prices at all-time highs, there is a very high likelihood for upward momentum to persist over the coming decade, according to serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Lars Tvede
China’s alumina exports to Russia surged in April amid stronger demand from the latter due to international trade sanctions imposed on it following its invasion of Ukraine
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