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Copper: mining protests in Peru threaten to block $53 billion investment
Peru, the world's second-largest copper producer, risks losing billions of dollars in mining investment if the government fails to defuse protests that are affecting the sector and denting production. In the past year since socialist President Pedro Castillo took...
Hot-dip galvanized coils: Turkish steel mills oppose European Commission decision
Turkish hot-dip galvanized coil producers will oppose the European Commission's May 10 decision to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on HDG imports to the EU from Russia and Turkey. Negotiations with the EC will be held on Friday this week. Turkey's major...
Steel: EU hot rolled steel prices fall further
Hot-rolled coil prices in Europe fell further on May 17 with the market in free fall. "Hot rolled coils - Hrc - Europe euro/ton" is valued on May 17 at 1,077 euros/mt, down 20 euros/mt from the previous day's close. Some market participants reported offers between...
Scrap: uncertainty persists in the Italian market
In its monthly report, Assofermet says scrap prices in Italy continue to fall this month as the war in Ukraine, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in China, transportation disruptions and high energy costs are causing uncertainty on the international scene. The...