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Trevor J Tarring MBE, former editor, managing director and chairman of Metal Bulletin (now known as Fastmarkets), passed away on Saturday April 30 after a brief illness. He was 90 years old. Trevor began his journalism career in 1953 when he joined Metal Bulletin, following in the footsteps of his father, LH Tarring, who had […]
Indonesia will stop providing licenses for new nickel pig iron (NPI) facilities and will assess the position of nickel matte due to concerns over nickel ore availability
North American ferrous scrap prices are due a further downward correction in May following drops incurred on cut grades and shredded scrap in April; primes trended sideways over the period
Fastmarkets launches its cfr Asia hot-briquetted iron (HBI) price on Thursday June 1, with the first price published on Friday June 9.
The current curtailment of barge shipments along the upper portion of the Mississippi River due to flooding is balancing some of the negative sentiment brought on by a swathe of end-of-month cancelations sent out by US mills to their suppliers
Mitsui and Kobe Steel are seeking to reinforce their position in direct-reduced iron (DRI) production in the Middle East with the construction of a low-CO2 iron metallics production plant within the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, in the Sultanate of Oman
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