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Trafigura chief executive officer Richard Holtum’s closing message onstage at the LME metals seminar was that processing capacity was more important than mining for national security
Global coking coal market trends are being shaped by weakening steel production, constrained supply growth and evolving trade patterns, with policy shifts and China’s limited exports influencing the steelmaking coal outlook through 2025.
The deadline will be amended from the second Friday of each month to publication by the final Friday of each month. The change is being made to ensure that all key market participants have concluded their monthly prices before the assessment is made. The prices in question are: MB-STE-0167 Steel scrap, E3 old thick scrap, domestic, […]
China’s CMOC Group is pursuing measured growth and global expansion amid geopolitical and market uncertainties, with a focus on copper and gold and an emphasis on maintaining commercial independence and adaptability.
LME Week 2025 opens for the lithium market amid rising uncertainty over China’s new export controls on battery materials, and a shifting outlook for domestic supply from lepidolite and salt-lake projects
The effect of the fatal rock burst at Codelco’s flagship El Teniente mine will be greater than initially expected, with copper production losses now forecast to reach 48,000 tonnes in 2025, the Chilean producer’s chairman has said.
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