NON-FERROUS WEEK IN BRIEF: GFG Alliance receives new alloy wheel factory permission; Ferroglobe completes acquisition of Glencore's manganese alloy plants; tighter supplies push cobalt higher

By Tanya Ashreena / February 02, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Metal Bulletin rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets this week.

Metal Bulletin rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets this week.Base metalsGFG Alliance has been granted full planning permission for a new 400-worker alloy wheel factory next to the Liberty British Aluminium smelter at Fort William, Scotland, the company said.Projections for the price of copper in 2018 are being revised upward to $8,000 per tonne from $7,050 per tonne, with a growing gap expected between supply and demand, according to investment bank Goldman Sachs.US President Donald Trump did not make mention of current steel and aluminium trade cases during...

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