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Nippon Steel Rewrites The Rules For Scrap As EAFs Drive The Race For Quality
Nippon Steel is preparing to profoundly change its ferrous-scrap procurement strategy ahead of the start-up of its new electric arc furnaces. The plan under consideration provides for stricter quality standards, a classification also based on copper content and the...
European Refractories, Prices Stable But Weak Demand Worries The Market
European prices for refractory-grade magnesia and silicon carbide remained unchanged in the second half of July, but the stability of quotations did not coincide with an improvement in market conditions. The summer break further reduced already-weak commercial...
Italian Steel, The Weak Summer Shifts Expectations To The Fourth Quarter
The Italian steel tube and ingot market is approaching the August break with a still-fragile balance. June and July delivered demand below expectations, high inventories along the supply chain and widespread caution in purchasing, but the first restocking movements...
Glencore Accelerates Copper And Reduces Cobalt Under Congolese Quota Constraints
Glencore sharply increased copper production in the first six months of 2026, while almost halving its own-sourced cobalt output, turning the Democratic Republic of Congo’s export quota system into a precise industrial choice. At the African sites of KCC and Mutanda,...