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Copper: Northern Dynasty’s Pebble project gains more time
Northern Dynasty Minerals will have to wait until the end of the week to hear the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) comment on future plans related to the company's Pebble copper project in southwest Alaska. The Canadian group said the District of Alaska has...
Zinc: more mining suspensions loom if prices remain below $2,400/mt.
Weak demand from the construction industry has pushed zinc prices to levels that leave some producers with little profit, and a prolonged period below $2,400 per ton could trigger production cuts. Used for galvanizing steel, zinc on the London Metal Exchange touched...
Aluminum: European Union presses to list the metal as a strategic raw material
The use of aluminum is increasingly critical and widespread in a large number of manufacturing sectors, so much so that European Union countries, led by France and Germany, are proposing to classify the metal as a "strategic raw material". In this way, EU countries...
New EU sanctions require proof of import from non-Russian third countries
Under the 11th sanctions package announced Friday, EU importers of sanctioned steel products that were processed in a third country will now have to provide proof that the inputs used did not come from Russia. The tightening of restrictions on steel imports...