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China’s Chrome Ore Imports Hit Record High In 2025
China’s chrome ore imports reached a new all-time record in 2025, driven by robust demand from ferro-chrome producers and a sharp increase in shipments from South Africa, according to market sources in the week ended January 23. During the year, China imported 23.75...
Freezing Temperatures And Storms Choke US Scrap Flows As Prices Rise To Attract Material
Steel scrap shredding operations in the United States continued to raise prices at the start of the week of January 26, in an effort to encourage feedstock to flow into yards, but extreme winter weather is hampering, and in some cases completely halting, inbound...
MHP Market Shows Gradual Weakness Amid Nickel Volatility And Soft Battery Demand
The mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) market has shown signs of gradual weakening in recent weeks, in a context characterized by limited liquidity, strong volatility in nickel futures prices, and unfavorable demand expectations along the battery supply chain....
Indian HRC Prices Rise Amid List Price Hikes And Still-Weak Demand
Indian domestic hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices recorded a further increase of around 1,000 rupees per tonne in the week ended January 23, supported not by an improvement in demand, but rather by another round of list price hikes announced by major steel mills in...