Japan has announced additions to its export ban list against Russia, with steel products included among the newly listed categories. The move further tightens Tokyo's existing sanctions ...

UK steel faces an unavoidable EAF transition. On Western European cost benchmarks, scrap-based EAF already beats blast furnace steelmaking — cheaper and faster to build, set to gain from ...

Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery continues to rely on spot-market natural gas after CELBA disrupted contracted supplies, with Hydro expecting a $90–110 million Q4 cost impact ...

India Domestic] India’s domestic prices were mostly stable on Oct 6 with only a few prices edged up across key markets. Market activity remained moderate. Unscheduled power cuts in several ...

Indonesia] Slab prices remain at USD 490/tonne FOB today. Some Indonesian mills have raised their HRC prices in response to local market conditions and slab prices, but the impact on the ...

SMM Gold Flash] Afaq Mining has identified a deposit containing about 305,000 ounces of gold at the West Gabal Elba concession in Egypt’s southeastern desert, chairman Mostafa Elbahr told ...

Europe] Weighed down by persistently slow and subdued trading activity, European hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices faced broad downward pressure. Currently, buyers are heavily focused on assessing ...

Cobre Panamá could again become a major source of global copper supply if Panama and First Quantum agree on a new operating framework. The mine produced 330.9 kt of copper in 2023 and ...

SMM Tantalum/ Niobioum Flash] Critical Metals said on 5 October 2026 that Greenland had approved the Mining Plan and Closure Plan for Tanbreez, with the documents signed on 29 September.

PT Metal Smeltindo Selaras (MSS), a China-invested nickel smelter in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, is facing a PKPU petition filed by nickel mining and trading company PT Mineral Maju Sejahtera.

October 28th, PSA Group announced the third quarter results. According to the data, the overall operating income of PSA Group in the third quarter of 2020 was 15.453 billion ou ...

A ground-mounted solar PV plant in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, caught fire after flooding triggered by a typhoon. The flooding submerged electrical equipment at the site, and as water ...