Battery Recycling, NCM Black Mass Loses Value In Asia: South Korea And Southeast Asia Curb Purchases
Weak lithium and cobalt, elevated inventories and more international offers push payables lower. The Asian NCM black mass market continues to lose ground, and bargaining power is progressively shifting toward buyers. In the week ending October 21, 2026, refiners in...
Non-Ferrous Scrap In Mexico, Prices Hold Steady Despite The LME Copper Decline: Aluminium Wheels Lose Ground
The Mexican non-ferrous scrap market went through the week ending October 21, 2026 without significant changes in most categories. Copper, brass and the main aluminium scrap grades retained the levels of the previous week, although copper quoted on the London Metal...
European Aluminium, The Paradox Of The Transition: ETS And CBAM Test Competitiveness
The European aluminium industry does not dispute the goal of decarbonisation: it fears that it lacks sufficient economic conditions to achieve it while remaining in Europe. This is the tension that emerged from the remarks by Paul Voss, director general of European...
Global Steel: US Prices Reach New Highs While Europe and Asia Seek a New Balance
The global steel industry is now moving at different speeds. In the United States, the dominant problem is finding available material: hot-rolled coil indices are rising and lead times are lengthening. In Europe, by contrast, mills are trying to defend prices despite...
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