IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from January 9
January 10, 2019 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday January 9 that are worth another look.
Asian steel markets are in for another tumultuous year judging by the rate at which new developments are expected to spring up in 2019.
In the United States, the chairs of seven committees in the House of Representatives requested that the US Treasury Department delay the termination of sanctions against Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal.
US ferrous scrap export prices to Turkey leveled out after nosediving by almost $50 per tonne but this did not stop local buying prices at Eastern export yards from declining further.
Lead-zinc producer Recylex must bring forward maintenance at its lead smelter in Nordenham, Germany, due to the advanced deterioration of the main furnace there, the company said.