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Lithium: Chile plans to nationalise its industry
Chilean President Gabriel Boric said he wants to nationalise the country’s lithium industry and create a state-owned company to produce the metal, which is a key component of electric vehicle batteries. Boric stated that future contracts for lithium would only...
ArcelorMittal will restart the Dunkirk blast furnace at the end of May
ArcelorMittal plans to restart the BF4 blast furnace in Dunkirk, France, in late May. Operation of the 3 million tonne per year blast furnace was stopped on 30 March due to a fire. ArcelorMittal Dunkerque has three blast furnaces with a combined maximum production of...
Metal scrap: prices will remain above pre-pandemic levels – ISRI 2023
The ISRI 2023 Convention and Exposition was held for the first time this year in Nashville, TN, and was attended by thousands of market participants working in the electronics, ferrous, non-ferrous, paper and rubber industries from around the world. During the...
Aluminium Deutschland opposes the EU PPWR
Aluminium Deutschland (AD), a German packaging company, has identified loopholes in the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The regulation, drafted in 2022, states that promoting the use of recycled materials in packaging is one of its objectives....