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Rising Premiums For Imported Aluminum Billet In Brazil Amid Global Pressures And Higher Freight Costs
The premium for imported aluminum billet in Brazil recorded a further upward widening over the two weeks ended January 23, reflecting a combination of international factors that are progressively reshaping the market balance. According to market participants, the...
Asian Ferrous Scrap Markets Between Tight Supply, Currency Moves And Increasingly Selective Buying
Asian ferrous scrap markets have shown diverging dynamics but share one central element: limited material availability, which continues to support prices despite often challenging macroeconomic and currency conditions. In India, scrap import prices remained largely...
Scrap Shortages Support Secondary Aluminum Prices In Europe Amid Supply Constraints And Weak Demand
Tight availability of aluminum scrap continues to be the primary factor supporting European scrap and secondary ingot prices, in a context where domestic scrap generation remains extremely limited across the entire regional supply chain. According to market...
First Cobalt Hydroxide Shipments Leave The DRC Amid Quotas, Cautious Market And Still-Tight Supply
A limited number of trucks loaded with cobalt hydroxide left the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday January 22, bound for the port of Durban in South Africa, marking one of the first physical flows after months of an almost total export standstill....