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European PFA Premiums Reach Record Levels Amid Supply Shortages And Pressure From The Automotive Industry
The European market for primary foundry aluminium alloys (PFA) is going through one of the most tense phases of recent years, with spot premiums reaching historic record levels in a context dominated by extremely limited availability, strong industrial demand and...
The Strong Yuan Redefines The Asian Ferrosilicon Market
The recent strengthening of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar is generating increasingly deep effects across the entire Asian ferrosilicon market, changing regional trade balances, compressing Chinese producers’ margins and transferring a growing part of currency...
Congo, Cobalt And Geopolitics: The Buenassa Project Aims To Redesign The Strategic Critical Metals Supply Chain
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is accelerating its transformation from a simple raw materials exporter into a strategic power in critical metals refining. At the center of this new industrial and geopolitical ambition emerges Buenassa, a project supported by the...
The Copper Concentrates Market Slides Ever Deeper Into Extreme Territory Between Hunger For Material And The Sulfuric Acid Boom
The global copper concentrates market continues to enter an increasingly extreme phase. In the week ending Friday May 8, the rapid deterioration of Treatment Charges and Refining Charges (TC/RCs) continued without slowing down, fueled by a combination of aggressive...