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Middle East Aluminium Smelters Seek Alternative Routes To The Strait Of Hormuz
Middle East aluminium smelters are trying to bypass the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, now blocked for about two and a half months, through alternative logistics solutions both to export metal and to import alumina, the essential raw material to feed primary...
Copper Rewards Producers, But Concentrates Remain Under Pressure
The first quarter of 2026 showed an increasingly evident contradiction in the global copper market: producers reported very high earnings thanks to record metal prices, but concentrate production declined at several key operations. The picture emerging from company...
SHFE Base Metals Move In Mixed Order, With Tin In Greater Weakness
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange showed a mixed performance in the morning of Tuesday May 19, reflecting a more selective market, less directional and increasingly attentive to the relationship between financial risk, physical availability and real...
The Global Scrap Market Remains Weak, With Buyers Slowing Purchases
The global ferrous scrap market closed the week ended Friday May 15 in a generally weak and prudent climate, with demand for finished steel products still not very bright in the main importing areas. The consequence was a reduction in purchasing activity, with steel...