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Aluminium: Rio Tinto and Corona Canada experiment with the first low-carbon can
Rio Tinto announced today, in collaboration with Corona Canada, the launch of the first specially branded low-carbon beverage can, produced by Ball Corporation. The cans, now available through a pilot project in Ontario, were produced using Rio Tinto's aluminium and...
Copper: metal poised for worst quarter since March 2020
Copper prices fell on Thursday and headed for the biggest quarterly percentage drop since March 2020, hit by concerns over a potential recession following a series of interest rate hikes and a slowdown in demand due to shutdowns in major consumer China. Three-month...
Steel: UK producers criticise duties claiming steel mills cannot meet demand
British manufacturers have asked the government to allow them to import more steel products without paying duties because domestic suppliers have failed to meet demand, leaving them to pay 25% duties on a key raw material. Since Britain left the European Union,...
Steel: Zaporizhstal may cut production due to logistical problems
Ukrainian flat products steel producer Zaporizhstal, partly owned by Metinvest, is considering cutting production due to significant logistical problems. The general director of the plant, Alexander Mironenko stated that 'Logistical problems have not been solved and...