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China’s Steel Industry Heads Into 2026: Trade Barriers Rise, Direct Exports Slow, Indirect Flows Cushion The Impact
After a record-breaking year for overseas shipments in 2025, China’s steel industry is entering 2026 facing a far more challenging and complex environment, shaped by intensifying global trade barriers, tighter domestic policy controls, and a shifting pattern of global...
Eu Steel Trq Quotas Exhausted At Record Speed As Cbam Makes Imports Increasingly Unviable
Quarterly tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for a wide range of steel product imports into the European Union for the January–March 2026 period have already been exhausted by several suppliers, less than two weeks into the new reporting quarter. The rapid take-up highlights...
DRC Targets Us Market: Gecamines To Sell 100,000 Tonnes Of Copper In 2026
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s state-owned miner Gecamines plans to sell 100,000 tonnes of copper to the United States in 2026, marking a strategic step in the country’s efforts to reposition itself as a direct supplier to international markets at a time when...
China’s Nickel Sulfate Prices Surge On Futures Rally, While Ncm Demand Remains Cautious
China’s nickel sulfate prices jumped sharply, rising 18.87% in the week ended Friday January 9, driven primarily by a strong rally in nickel futures, even as downstream demand from the nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery sector remained subdued. At the same time,...