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Aluminium: key points in the global value chain
Global non-ferrous metal prices, including aluminium, fell in April 2023. Despite falling aluminium inventories in LME warehouses and also in China, prices remained on a downward trend. The recovery of the Chinese economy in the latter part of the year 2022...
Copper: price hits one-week highs as holiday in China keeps trading volumes low
Copper prices rose to one-week highs on Tuesday, following a three-day weekend in London, although trading was thin as the Shanghai Futures Exchange remained closed for a bank holiday. While China's financial markets, the main consumers of metals, will remain closed...
Metal scrap: revision of EU shipping rules could start in 2024
According to Emmanuel Katrakis, secretary general of the European Confederation of Recycling Industries, the revision of the EU scrap shipment regulation is expected to come into force in 2024 and would lead to stricter burdens for EU scrap exporters. The EU Council...
Lithium: acquisition plan in Chile faces technical and political challenges
Chile's plan to take control of the lithium industry has caused worldwide tremors, but analysts believe state production of the metal, used to make batteries for electric vehicles, is a long way off due to technical and political challenges. Last week, President...