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Red Sea, More Ships Head Towards Suez As Energy Risks Rise: Freight Rates Fall On European Routes
Shipping lines are increasing Red Sea passages just as tensions over route security and energy markets are rising again. Container shipping thus finds itself caught between two pressures: geopolitical risk along one of the world’s main trade corridors and the cost of...
Aluminium Scrap, Industry Divided: Germany Calls For A Duty Of At Least 30%, BIR Urges Caution
The shift from an aluminium-specific trade measure to waste-shipment rules does not convince Aluminium Deutschland. The German association believes the European Commission’s new approach is insufficient to contain scrap outflows from the Union and continues to call...
European Aluminium, Voss: The Scrap Debate Remains Open After Restrictions Are Dropped
The abandonment of the proposed export restriction does not end the debate over aluminium scrap availability in Europe. European Aluminium still expects action from Brussels, but the approach could shift towards targeted measures, recycling and circularity, rather...
Batteries, Chinese Recycling Slows: Black Mass Under Pressure From Falling Lithium And Cautious Buying
China’s battery recycling market is losing further ground, held back by weak confidence in metals and demand that remains limited to immediate requirements. In the week ended Thursday September 17, both payables for nickel-cobalt-manganese black mass, or NCM, and...