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China releases guidelines to limit exports of high-carbon products
According to a 14th Five-Year Quality Development Plan for the industry released on April 7, China aims to establish a catalogue of high-carbon products from the chemical and refining industry to limit exports of some of these products. This is likely Beijing's first...
Copper: Peruvian production up 0.4% in February
According to Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), copper production in Peru, the world's second largest copper-producing country, was 172,334 tonnes in February 2022, or 0.4% higher than in February 2021 (171,590 tonnes). MINEM reported that this increase was...
Aluminium: rising billet stocks in China
Domestic aluminium billet inventories stood at 165,600 tonnes as of 7 April, up 8,100 tonnes or 5.12% from a week ago. Regional stock changes were as follows: Nanchang (+3,900 tonnes or 57.91%); Changzhou (-4,700 tonnes or 21.17%); Wuxi (-600 tonnes or...
Steel: anti-dumping investigation on Chinese Hrc
On 5 April 2022, the European Commission announced the first anti-dumping review investigation into the change of expiry date on Chinese hot-rolled coils (HRC) of non-alloy or alloy steel, in response to a request submitted by the European Iron and Steel Association...