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European Steel, Trade Protections Will Be A Continuously Evolving Instrument
Europe’s new steel protection system is not intended to remain unchanged. The tariff-rate quota framework, or TRQ, will continue to evolve according to developments in the European steel industry, global market dynamics and progress made in decarbonization. Karl...
Chinese Electrical Steel Under Pressure, CRGO Records The Larger Decline
Chinese electrical steel prices widened their assessment ranges or continued to decline in the week ending Friday September 18. Pressure on the market came from the prolonged retreat in Shanghai steel futures, weakening cost support and still-subdued final demand. The...
Manganese Sulfate Stable In China, But NCM Demand Loses Momentum
Chinese battery-grade manganese sulfate prices remained unchanged in the week ending Thursday September 17, but price stability conceals a progressive weakening of fundamentals. Demand from the nickel-cobalt-manganese battery value chain is slowing, cathode precursor...
Chinese Metal Imports, Tin And Nickel Raw Materials Rise In August
China’s base metals imports showed a highly differentiated trend in August among refined products, ores, concentrates, intermediate materials and scrap. Data released by China’s General Administration of Customs describe a market in which purchases of refined copper,...