FOB Australia Alumina Rising, But The Market Remains Divided Between High Prices And Oversupply
The alumina market closed the week to Thursday May 21 with an apparently contradictory movement. FOB Western Australia prices rose, supported by rumors of trades concluded at elevated levels, while part of the operators continued to question the consistency of those...
LME Closed for Spring Bank Holiday: Industrial Metals Take a Break
On Monday, May 25, 2026, the London Metal Exchange will be closed for the UK's Spring Bank Holiday. The break comes at a particularly sensitive market moment, with traders focused on the evolution of industrial demand, inventory dynamics, and signals from China, the...
European Ferroalloys, The Market Awaits The Effect Of Safeguard
The quarter of the European Safeguard measure on ferroalloys ended on May 19, opening a new phase of uncertainty for the market. Operators are now looking above all at incoming volumes, customs clearance and the possibility that part of the material remains blocked in...
Turkish Scrap Cooling After The May Rally
After the rise recorded in the first half of May, the Turkish imported ferrous scrap market is showing increasingly evident signs of weakening. The bullish push that had brought HMS I/II 80:20 to elevated levels seems to have lost intensity, restrained by a...
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