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Minor Metals Rally After The Holidays: Apt And Manganese Surge Amid Tight Supply And Futures Strength
The full resumption of market activity after the winter break has triggered a renewed wave of price pressure across minor metals, with ammonium paratungstate (APT) and manganese ore emerging as the clear leaders of the latest rally. In both markets, price gains have...
Us Automakers Rethink Ev Strategy: 2026 Production Turns Cautious As Steel Demand Finds A New Balance
The strategic reset of electric vehicle (EV) investments by US automakers is set to reshape automotive production trends in 2026, with direct implications for domestic steel demand. The combination of the rollback of EV mandates and subsidies, lower federal...
China’s Steel Industry Heads Into 2026: Trade Barriers Rise, Direct Exports Slow, Indirect Flows Cushion The Impact
After a record-breaking year for overseas shipments in 2025, China’s steel industry is entering 2026 facing a far more challenging and complex environment, shaped by intensifying global trade barriers, tighter domestic policy controls, and a shifting pattern of global...
Eu Steel Trq Quotas Exhausted At Record Speed As Cbam Makes Imports Increasingly Unviable
Quarterly tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for a wide range of steel product imports into the European Union for the January–March 2026 period have already been exhausted by several suppliers, less than two weeks into the new reporting quarter. The rapid take-up highlights...