Nickel miner Western Areas has told bidders for its product that it would prefer a customer who can help it develop new mines, as the race for a looming supply contract heats up.
The nickel market enjoyed a bull run in the first quarter of this year following the Indonesian government’s hefty export tax on nickel ore exports resulting in a defacto ban. Overnight almost a third of global supply disappeared from the market and although ...
The US International Trade Commission voted on Wednesday that the domestic industry was not injured by imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from Japan, Germany and Poland, and as a result, no antidumping orders will be imposed.
Iron ore prices are at risk of falling to their lowest level since 2009 as increased supplies from Australia and Brazil boost a global surplus and prompt the closure of some higher-cost Chinese suppliers.
Nearly 90% of titanium processing factories across the country have suspended operations due to falling titanium prices and high inventories, according to the Vietnam Titanium Association.