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Zinc and lead: the outlook for 2023 and 2024
The International Lead and Zinc Study Group held its sixty-eighth session in Lisbon on 5-6 October 2023, with the Study Group's Statistical and Forecasting Committee meeting to review current global lead and zinc supply and demand levels and the outlook for 2024. On...
HRC steel: European market slows down
European buyers of hot-rolled coils (HRC) were mostly unconvinced by the price increases proposed by mills in the region, citing insufficient demand in a market overburdened with supply. At the beginning of the week, several European mills announced small price...
Rare earths: key figures in Vietnamese industry arrested
Vietnamese police arrested six people accused of violating mining regulations, including the president of a company at the centre of efforts to develop Vietnam's rare earth industry, seizing 13,715 tonnes of rare earth minerals. Among those arrested was Luu Anh Tuan,...
Steel: global demand decreases in August
In August, apparent steel consumption decreased by 4.5 percent from the previous month, but increased by 1.3 percent year-on-year to 146.4 million tonnes. So far this year, Europe and South-East Asia have been the main drag on growth. While China has stalled, India,...