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European Ferro-Titanium in Balance: Stable Prices, Divergent Scrap, and Year-End Logistics Pressures
The week ending Wednesday, December 3rd, presented the European ferro-titanium market with a seemingly calm picture. Prices remain stable, scrap dynamics show increasingly marked divergences, and the aerospace industry continues to ensure a plentiful flow of material....
Glencore Downgrades Forecast: Copper Enters New Phase of Global Pressure
Glencore, one of the world's largest mining and trading groups, has sounded a new alarm for the metals industry: it will produce less copper than expected in 2026. The revision is not insignificant. The Swiss giant has announced that next year's production will be...
Base Metals Rally at SHFE: Tin Leads the Race Amid Supply Tensions
The morning of Thursday, December 4th, opened with a sharp jump in the major base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE). A surprisingly lively session, the entire metals complex showed a positive tone, supported by the parallel rebound also observed on...
Energy Crisis Overwhelms South African Ferrochrome: Samancor Risks Loss of 2,500 Jobs
The South African ferrochrome industry is facing one of its worst crises in decades. Samancor Chrome, one of the world's leading producers of both chrome ore and ferrochrome, has announced that nearly 2,500 workers could be affected by an imminent plan to downsize or...