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January 2020
31 January 2020
Mounting concern over the effects of the coronavirus outbreak in China are putting pressure on the value of the country’s yuan in global markets, reversing a trend that supported commodity prices earlier this month.
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31 January 2020
Shipments of magnesia that were due to leave China’s Liaoning province next week will likely experience delays following an extension of the holiday period in the region, as authorities seek to contain the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
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31 January 2020
Trade disputes and geopolitical uncertainties had already made the prospects for global economic growth uncertain. A coronavirus has now added to the challenges facing financial markets.
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29 January 2020
A strong rise in Chinese steel production led the way to a 3.4% year-on-year increase in global crude steel output in 2019, according to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel).
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27 January 2020
The digitalization of global trade received another push this week, with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the government of Singapore and industry participants signing an agreement to facilitate and accelerate the adoption of technologies in commerce at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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24 January 2020
Argentina’s crude steel output dropped by 10% in 2019 compared with a year earlier, according to figures released by national steel chamber Acero Argentino on Wednesday January 22.
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24 January 2020
Merger and acquisition activity in the metals sector may remain subdued in 2020 because of the uncertainty surrounding trade policies and the lingering geopolitical risks, according to an executive with consultancy PwC.
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21 January 2020
Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year.
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21 January 2020
Chinese steel production increased in 2019 amid stronger demand from the construction sector, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics on Friday January 17.
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16 January 2020
China’s domestic minerals markets will be largely quiet with limited volatility for the coming three weeks due to the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.
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15 January 2020
China's finished steel exports in December tumbled on a year-on-year basis despite being higher compared with a month earlier.
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10 January 2020
ArcelorMittal will resume production from blast furnace (BF) B at its Asturias plant in Spain on January 11, the company said on Tuesday January 7.
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10 January 2020
Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) lowered their daily steel output rate in late December, according to data released on Thursday January 9. Finished steel inventories also fell.
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09 January 2020
The cuts will target overcapacity with the aim of upgrading the steelmaking industry in China's major steel production hub.
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08 January 2020
The Chinese government has canceled official customs commodity inspections on magnesia, thereby simplifying export procedures.
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06 January 2020
Chinese exports of dead burned magnesia and fused magnesia fell in November on an annual comparison due to slow buying interest from global buyers, while caustic calcined magnesia exports rose.