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Cobalt: plummeting Chinese demand and rising supplies
Forward negotiations for cobalt 2023 have taken a challenging turn for sellers following a severe drop in Chinese demand, which has put pressure on prices and left the market well-supplied ahead of next year's expected surplus. This, after 2022 was supposed to be a...
Steel rebar and sections: Eu prices continue to fall as steel mills hunt for orders
European steel sections prices continued to fall the week of Nov. 30 as steel mills further reduced bids to attract demand. Steel mills may raise prices because they expect costs to rise in January, so mills have two options: cut production or raise prices. Meanwhile,...
German construction slows down significantly in September
According to the construction association Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie (Bauindustrie), order intake in Germany's construction sector in September was down 23 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2021. This is worse than in August, when the...
Nickel: Indonesia export ban and domestic processing requirements violate WTO rules
The World Trade Organization has determined that Indonesia's export ban and domestic processing requirements for nickel ore violate WTO rules, according to a report released Nov. 30. The WTO's dispute settlement body set up a panel in February 2021 to examine whether...