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    Payables for black mass continued rising in major Asian import markets during April 2024, thereby also pushing up values in key supplier regions such as Europe and North America, according to market sources

    Fastmarkets’ initial low-carbon premium for nickel briquettes captured existing regional price differences, with growing awareness and legislative incentives indicating there is potential for a strong market to emerge

    Liberty Steel will “temporarily pause” production at its wire rod mill in Georgetown, South Carolina, and shift the plant’s production to making steel wire mesh and welded steel products, the company announced on Friday April 19

    Industry participants across the global battery raw materials markets gathered for Fastmarkets’ Asian Battery Raw Materials Conference in Seoul, South Korea, on April 22-23. Fastmarkets outlines four of the biggest talking points for lithium, nickel, cobalt and graphite

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