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Billets – Wire Rods – Metal Scrap: Turkish Product Trends in January
According to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the country's billet and bloom imports stood at 191,163 tonnes in January this year, up 2.5% month-on-month and down 47.5% year-on-year. The value of these imports stood at $108.92 million, up...
Tin: global production sees modest decline in 2023
The top two producers remain unchanged, with Yunnan Tin retaining its position as the world's largest producer of refined tin and Minsur retaining second place. A difficult year for PT Timah led to a 23 percent drop in production, while the growth of Malaysia Smelting...
Manganese: Firebird Metals will build a processing plant in China
Australian company Firebird Metals said March 13 that it will build a high-purity manganese sulfate plant in China, the first such deal by an Australian company in the country for the metal, which is considered critical to the development of electric vehicle...
Lithium: the outlook is tilted toward a reduction in supply
Short bets worth billions against some of the world's largest lithium producers are at risk due to signs of reduced supply. UBS Group AG and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut their supply estimates for 2024 by 33 percent and 26 percent, respectively, while Morgan Stanley...