Italian Steel In Adjustment, Prices Defended Despite Weak Demand
The Italian steel market continues to move through a cautious phase, with prices largely defended by mills and domestic demand still weak. The prevailing reference remains around 440 euros per tonne ex-works, although some specific concessions have appeared in recent...
Zinc, Chinese TCs At Historic Lows: Concentrate Tightness Pushes Smelters Toward Cuts
Spot treatment charges for zinc concentrates imported into China continued to fall until touching a new record low at the end of June, confirming increasingly deep tension in the raw materials market for refining. The twice-monthly assessment by Commodity Evolution...
Antimony, USAC Delivers First Shipment To The Defense Logistics Agency
US Antimony Corporation delivered its first shipment of antimony to the United States Defense Logistics Agency, marking an important passage for the rebuilding of the American domestic chain of a critical mineral that is increasingly sensitive for national security....
EU Steel, Brussels Redraws Import Quotas: Cuts, 50% Tariffs And A New Geography Of Flows
The European Commission announced on Tuesday June 30 the new country-specific quota allocations under the new steel import regime, just one day before the planned entry into force on July 1. The decision ended months of uncertainty for producers, traders, importers...
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