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Fastmarkets’ Shanghai-London arbitrage calculations for aluminium were published incorrectly on January 30-February 3 due to a formula error.
A 120-day closure of four Illinois dams scheduled for 2023 will disrupt barge shipments and have potentially both negative and positive impacts on scrap and finished steel products from Canada to Texas
Market participants are cautiously optimistic about a rebound in iron ore concentrate premiums, with steelmakers around the world set to ramp-up production in line with an anticipated increase in demand for steel products, Fastmarkets understands
Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-IRO-0010 Iron ore 63% Fe Australia-origin lump ore premium, cfr Qingdao index, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday February 1 due to a technical error.
Fastmarkets launches two daily indices to reflect the spot price of high-grade 67.5% Fe pellet feed products sold on a CFR China basis on Wednesday February 1 After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has launched a daily iron ore 67.5% Fe pellet feed premium index to track the fixed premium quoted above Fastmarkets 65% Fe Brazil-origin […]
General Motors (GM) is investing $650 million to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, the largest known source of lithium in the US and the third largest in the world
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