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Brazil’s Gerdau to invest $277mln into solar-, wind-powered steelmaking

Brazil-based Gerdau will invest up to 1.5 billion Reais ($277 million) in solar and wind power projects by acquiring a third of energy generation and commercialization company Newave Energia, advancing its decarbonization goals, the steelmaker said on Friday November 25

November 28, 2022

Renato Rostás

Ferrous scrap metal - busheling - prime scrap

Befesa produces SHG solely from recycled zinc; to reach capacity in 2023

Luxembourg-based recycler Befesa’s facility in Mooresboro, North Carolina, is the first in the world to manufacture special high-grade (SHG) zinc solely from recycled zinc

November 25, 2022

Yasemin Esmen

Steel plant, Metallurgical plant, Metallurgical steelmaking factory.

Steelmakers call for common standard to meet emissions goals

To achieve a decarbonized steel industry by 2050 and meet consumer demand for “green” steel products, an international group of steelmakers has urged the United States and EU to adopt a global emission standard to support the transition to low-emission steel

November 21, 2022

Mark Burgess

Container cargo freight ship with working crane bridge discharge at container terminal, Aerial top view container ship at deep sea port.

Slumping freight rates struggle to entice more containerized metal trade

The global trade for metals shipped in containers is being constrained by weak demand despite lower freight costs and higher availability of boxes compared with earlier in the year, sources have told Fastmarkets

November 18, 2022

Jon Stibbs

CMC’s Barbara Smith answers seven questions on the US steel scrap market

The steel scrap market is undergoing a monumental shift as the pull of decarbonization, growing market consolidation and supply shortages propel steel scrap into ‘hot’ commodity status

November 16, 2022

US 300-series stainless scrap prices climb amid LME nickel jump

While demand for stainless scrap remains very weak in the United States, scrap prices for the 300-series grades jumped this week on continued tight supply and a spike in London Metal Exchange nickel prices, with the nickel cash contract at its highest since May

November 16, 2022

Jim Lawrence

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