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The future is clouded for molybdenum markets into the end of 2023 and beyond, sources have suggested, as uncertainties persist around concentrates production and consumption, with the potential for knock-on effects on molybdic oxide and ferro-molybdenum. As LME Week approaches, Fastmarkets take a deep dive into production dynamics
European industrial production is struggling due to high interest rates, rising energy costs and inflation, but with the German economy hit particularly hard, market participants in the base metals sector are worried that the EU powerhouse might fall into a recession
The publication of Fastmarkets’ EU stainless steel flats and longs prices were delayed because of a technical error.
The publication of Fastmarkets’ manganese ore seaborne indices for Friday October 6 was delayed due to inputting errors in the data submission process.
Fastmarkets has discontinued its Russian domestic steel prices as of Thursday October 5, 2023.
China’s granting of the first export licenses under its new controls on gallium and germanium, hafnium’s paused price increase and indium metal market fundamentals are likely to be topics of discussion throughout LME Week, which runs October 9-13
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