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Codelco closes Ventanas smelter with a view to mining sustainability
Chilean state-owned company Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, closed its Ventanas smelter on the country's central coast on Wednesday, following environmental incidents in the region that affected its operations. Last year, the mining company had decided...
Steel: falling Italian exports and rising imports of Chinese origin in 2022
Apparent steel consumption in Italy fell by 4.5% year-on-year in 2022 to 29 million tonnes, the Italian steel producers' association Federacciai said in its annual report. Domestic shipments reached 25.3 million tonnes, down 10.1 per cent year-on-year. "The slowdown...
UK extends suspension of measures for rolled coils not imported from Ukraine
The UK government announced that it has accepted the Trade Solutions Unit's (TRA) proposal to extend the suspension of trade measures for rolled and unrolled HRCs imported from Ukraine for another year, starting on 30 May. As previously reported, the measures had been...
Stainless steel: Chinese exports increased by 7.69% in April
China imported 122 ktons of stainless steel in April, down 1.02% month-on-month and 48.9% year-on-year, while it exported 376,300 tons of stainless steel, up 7.69% month-on-month and down 1.43% year-on-year. China's imports and exports of stainless steel were 583,000...