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Critical Minerals, London Allocates £25 Million But The Challenge Remains Industrial Scale
The United Kingdom has opened applications for the Critical Mineral Accelerator, a £25 million programme intended to support the extraction, processing and recycling of strategic raw materials. The initiative aims to strengthen domestic expertise and help the most...
European Scrap, The Rhine Rises By A Few Centimeters But September Risks A Logistics Squeeze
The European scrap market is approaching September’s industrial restart with a problem that does not directly concern material availability, but the ability to transport it. The slight improvement in Rhine water levels is insufficient to restore normal navigation,...
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...