Reports indicate that the earthquake that struck Taiwan on April 2 is unlikely to create either supply or manufacturing difficulties for Taiwan semiconductors (microchips), which could subsequ...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/19/taiwan-semiconductor-earthquake/
China will undoubtedly become an even more significant buyer of Russian metals following the London Metal Exchange’s ban on newly produced Russian aluminum, copper, and nickel. China has alread...
Copper prices continued their breakout during March, rising 4.25%. Prices then formed a second higher high on March 15, followed by a new higher low on March 27. The rally continued throughout Ap...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/17/copper-mmi-sanctions-hit-copper-prices/
Tata Steel workers associated with the Unite Trade Union at Port Talbot recently voted to strike over plans to replace the site’s two blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces. The decision imm...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/16/steel-industry-news-port-talbot-strike/
Overall, the Aluminum Monthly Metals Index (MMI) remained sideways, with a 2.03% rise from March to April. Aluminum prices outperformed all base metals throughout March, with a 4.71% rise from th...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/15/aluminum-mmi-aluminum-prices-inch-up/
The Renewables MMI (Monthly Metals Index) slowed its decline and began flattening out. Overall, the index dropped a slight 0.36%, demonstrating sideways price action month-on-month. Most index co...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/12/renewable-resource-news/
Month-over-month, the Construction MMI (Monthly Metals Index) moved sideways for the fourth month in a row, only sliding down a slight 2.87%. Of all industrial metals, iron ore suffered the worst...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/11/construction-mmi-industrial-metal/
The Raw Steels Monthly Metals Index (MMI) moved sideways, with a modest 1.38% decline in steel prices from March to April. U.S. flat rolled steel prices continued to trade down throughout March. ...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/10/raw-steels-mmi-steel-prices-flatten/
Liberty Steel recently announced a restructuring plan for its operations in the United Kingdom after signing a new framework agreement with creditors. Among other things, the ambitious plan inclu...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/09/liberty-steel-manufacturing/
Nickel prices continued to the upside during the first half of March, taking a momentary pause from their long-term downtrend. However, prices found a peak by March 13, reaching their highest lev...
https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/08/stainless-mmi-nickel-prices-retrace/