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Base Metals Rebound: Morning Rally on the Shanghai Futures Exchange
The week began with surprisingly buoyant sentiment on the base metals markets. In the morning session on Monday, December 1st, nearly all major prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) posted significant gains, buoyed by growing optimism regarding a possible...
Steel Sector: A Market Slowing, Taking a Breath, and Reorganizing
In recent weeks, the Italian steel sector has experienced a rollercoaster of contrasting signals: sudden increases followed by pauses for reflection, a gradual rebalancing of supply and demand, and an international landscape that continues to reshape itself under...
European Flat Steel: Prices Steady, Weak Demand, and the Shadow of CBAM
The European flat steel market continues to operate in a climate of extreme caution. In the week ending Wednesday, November 26, prices remained largely unchanged, while demand remained weak and the sector faced growing uncertainty related to the Carbon Border...
America Returns to Stockpiling: The New Rush for Critical Minerals
At the heart of US industrial policy, a phenomenon that seemed to belong to a bygone era is re-emerging: the rush to replenish vast reserves of critical minerals. This strategy has its roots in the most tense years of the Cold War, when geopolitical conflict forced...