Loading
Shanghai Base Metal Prices Decline: Tin Leads Losses
The morning session on Tuesday, September 23, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) saw prices (including the 13% value-added tax) of major base metals move lower, with tin recording the sharpest decline. As of 10:30 a.m. local time, the most traded contracts showed...
European LFP Battery Recycling Chain: A Still Open Challenge
Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery recycling in Europe remains a fragile and underdeveloped sector, despite the wave of waste generated by this technology. This was revealed during the European Battery Raw Materials Conference held in Lisbon from September 16 to 18....
China: A New Two-Year Plan to Restructure the Steel Industry
China has officially unveiled the Steel Industry Growth Plan 2025–2026, a two-year project aimed at stabilizing and modernizing the world's largest steel sector, responsible for over half of global steel production. The plan, signed by five key ministries and agencies...
PT Smelting Gradually Resumes Production Amid Oxygen Shortages and Copper Market Tensions
PT Smelting, a copper refining and smelting plant in Gresik, Indonesia, is gradually returning to operations after severe disruptions in late July and early August. The smelter, 66% owned by PT Freeport Indonesia, had suspended production due to oxygen supply issues,...