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Aluminum: Germany’s Speira shuts down operations at Rheinwerk due to energy costs
After Slovenia's Talum (read more here), Germany's Speira will also shut down aluminum smelting operations at its Rheinwerk plant due to high energy prices, after being forced to halve production last year. Although the Western European energy crisis, which began in...
Copper: logistics of Peruvian mining companies at risk as protests continue
According to Fitch Ratings, mining companies operating in Peru face material risk due to protracted protests and blockades in the world's second-largest copper-producing nation, with possible lack of supplies and problems transporting ore to ports. Protests and...
HRC steel: UK to extend measures for imports from some countries
After reviewing UK anti-dumping duties on imports from China, Russia, Brazil, Iran and Ukraine and countervailing duties on imports from China, the UK's Trade Solutions Unit has decided to extend them to hot rolled products imported from China, Russia, Brazil and...
Steel: Turkish production is expected to increase in April
It has been a month since devastating earthquakes hit Turkey's southeastern region, home to a third of the country's steelmaking capacity, and most of Turkey's steel mills, bar one, are back on line after the initial inspection by the period of damage and repair,...