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Indonesian Manufacturers Move To High Quality Matte Nickel Production
In the last days of April and the first weeks of May 2025, several Indonesian nickel producers initiated a strategic operational transition: to suspend or reduce production of nickel pig iron (NPI) in order to focus on the production of high-grade matte nickel, an...
New Basel Convention Rules Upset Global E-Waste Trade
The year 2025 opened with a structural change in the international trade of electronic waste (e-waste). As of January 1, new amendments to the Basel Convention went into effect, creating major dislocations in global export and import flows of e-waste for disposal or...
LME Stocks Up Sharply In April: Russian Aluminum And Chinese Copper Drive Global Stocks
Total stocks on warrants in warehouses registered on the London Metal Exchange (LME) reached 827,565 tons as of April 30, up sharply from 690,517 tons at the end of March, according to official data released May 12. The increase -- nearly 20 percent month-on-month --...
Swinging Prices For Iron Ore Between Tariffs And Resuming Demand
The global iron ore market has experienced a veritable roller coaster in recent days. Futures, including the most active September contracts on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) in China, fell about 2 percent on May 8, hurt by two key factors: trade tensions between...