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Nickel: China will be most affected by Indonesia’s move to retain more metal at home
The Southeast Asian country reported Wednesday that it is studying a progressive tax on nickel and ferronickel exports that could be imposed as early as this year. Concerns about fewer shipments from the world’s largest nickel supplier have sent the London Metal...
Zinc: Fitch forecasts a price retracement
Prices averaged $2995/ton in 2021 and closed the year around $3428/ton, a slight retracement from the high of $3944/ton reached in October 2021. Fitch’s price forecast for 2022 implies that the company expects prices to stabilize and weaken from here on in the...
Lithium: risks of supply compression are pushing the price higher and higher
Lithium exploded in 2022 with a new price spike that warns electric vehicle manufacturers of even more acute cost pressures. Supplies of the core battery material face a number of near-term risks that threaten deeper shortages just as demand accelerates as global EV...
Aluminum: energy fuels price spike to record levels in Europe
Aluminum costs for European consumers are reaching record levels as soaring energy costs and production cuts have exacerbated deficits in the metal used in the energy, construction and packaging industries (as described in this article on January 4, 2022. Consumers...