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Battery Recycling In China, New Rules Push Black Mass And Recycled Cobalt Onto The Market
China’s regulatory tightening on the lithium-ion battery recycling sector is beginning to redraw the balance of the supply chain, increasing black mass flows and accelerating the release onto the market of lower-cost recycled cobalt units. The change comes in an...
Steel Scrap Falls Across Turkey And Taiwan, Weak Rebar Demand Keeps Buyers On The Sidelines
The international steel scrap market continues to move in bearish territory, with Turkey and Taiwan sharing the same underlying weakness: sluggish rebar demand and steel mills’ caution in raw material purchases. On Tuesday June 16, imported scrap prices recorded...
Germanium In China, Prices Rise Strongly Between Raw Material Scarcity And AI Demand
China’s germanium market continued to strengthen in the week ended Friday June 12, confirming one of the tightest dynamics among critical metals linked to the digital transition and advanced technological applications. Since the start of 2026, prices have increased by...
CBAM And Chinese Steel, Limited Impact In The Short Term But Rising Costs In The Long Term
The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, better known as CBAM, could have a limited impact on Chinese steel exports in the short term, but risks becoming an increasingly relevant cost factor in the long term. This is the reading that emerged from the...