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Stainless Steel and Heavy Plates: A Lackluster September Return
The return after the summer break brought no major surprises for the Italian steel industry. In the stainless steel flat products sector, September began in line with the final weeks of July: little change in demand, characterized primarily by small batches and...
Aluminum: Global Prices Rise Amid Deficit Concerns and Weak Demand
Three-month aluminum listed on the LME traded sideways between August and September, but with a slight upward bias: +0.56% month over month. On the global market, aluminum prices reached their highest levels since the beginning of the year, signaling renewed supply...
Italian Pig Iron Market and Russian Exports: Firm Demand and Falling Prices
The Italian pig iron import market remained completely inactive in the week ending Thursday, September 18, crushed by weak demand and already abundant inventories. "Material ordered from various sources has already arrived in Italy, and stocks of Russian pig iron are...
Aluminum Billet Premiums: Pressure in Europe, Openings in Brazil
The European aluminum billet market experienced a challenging September, marked by declining premiums and increasingly aggressive competition from offshore markets. Local producers, already struggling with high production costs and reduced margins, are now forced to...