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US Copper Scrap, Discounts Narrow While Brass Gains Ground
Discounts applied to US copper scrap narrowed in the week ended Wednesday August 19, accompanying the decline in copper prices on COMEX and the London Metal Exchange. The movement mainly affected higher-quality grades, while the brass market showed stronger resilience...
Chinese Metal Imports, Refined Copper And Zinc Fall While Alumina And Tin Surge
Chinese imports of non-ferrous metals showed a sharply differentiated performance in July 2026, with a substantial decline in purchases of refined copper and zinc, an increase in copper scrap and still-exceptional growth in imports of alumina and tin ore compared with...
European Tin, The Low-Lead Premium Increases Despite The Summer Lull
The European tin market continues to show a growing distinction between standard material and low-lead ingots, with premiums for higher-purity grades increasing despite the seasonal slowdown in industrial activity. During the two weeks ended Tuesday August 18, the...
Vanadium And Tungsten In China: Weak Demand, Diverging Prices, And Stalled Markets
China’s vanadium and tungsten markets are experiencing a phase of weak demand and reduced spot activity, but their respective price dynamics are following different directions. In vanadium, pressures linked to slowing steel-industry purchasing, the progressive decline...