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Alumina: Alcoa to cut 30 percent of Kwinana refinery production due to lack of natural gas
Alcoa Corporation, the world's eighth-largest aluminum producer, announced Monday, Jan. 9, that it plans to cut nearly 30 percent of production at its partially owned Kwinana alumina refinery in Western Australia. A shortage of gas supplies is the reason behind the...
Aluminum: Aluminium Dunkirk will revive idle production capacity
Aluminium Dunkirk, which operates one of Europe's largest aluminum smelters, has begun to relaunch production capacity that was halted last year due to soaring electricity costs. The site, which halted about a fifth of production in the fourth quarter, is expected to...
Copper: prices rise above $9,000/mt thanks to China’s reopening
Copper rose above $9,000 a ton for the first time since June, fueled by optimism that China's reopening will spur demand in the world's top consumer. The key industrial metal rebounded after a 14 percent drop in 2022 as severe coronavirus restrictions hampered China's...
Steel: Estonia bans imports from Russia
Estonia's Bureau of Taxation and Customs has announced that it has imposed a ban on imports of Russian goods, including steel products, as of Jan. 9, with the end of the transition period for sanctions imposed by the EU on a number of consumer goods originating in...