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SHFE Base Metals Lower As Tin Pulls Back After Record Highs
Base metal prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) moved mostly lower during morning trading on Wednesday January 28, with tin posting the sharpest decline after the strong rebound seen in the previous session. The move reflects a phase of profit-taking and...
APT Prices Surge As Material Scarcity Triggers A Race For Tungsten Units
Prices for ammonium paratungstate (APT) continued to rise aggressively on a CIF Rotterdam and CIF Baltimore basis in the week ended January 23, while a lack of available material and the urgent need to secure tungsten units remained the dominant forces shaping market...
China’s Chrome Ore Imports Hit Record High In 2025
China’s chrome ore imports reached a new all-time record in 2025, driven by robust demand from ferro-chrome producers and a sharp increase in shipments from South Africa, according to market sources in the week ended January 23. During the year, China imported 23.75...
Freezing Temperatures And Storms Choke US Scrap Flows As Prices Rise To Attract Material
Steel scrap shredding operations in the United States continued to raise prices at the start of the week of January 26, in an effort to encourage feedstock to flow into yards, but extreme winter weather is hampering, and in some cases completely halting, inbound...