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Turkey's Habas to start hybrid car production at former Honda plant

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Turkey's steel and industrial gas producer Habas is planning to start hybrid vehicle production at a former Honda plant, according to a report seen by Fastmarkets.Honda terminated vehicle production in its plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, in September 2021. Habas is in touch with almost 30 engineering companies to start hybrid...Read More

Brazil's mining output grows 9.6% in January-August, Ibram says

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Brazilian mineral production rose by 9.61% year on year in January-August 2021 amid the inauguration or reopening of some iron ore operations in the country, national mining institute Ibram said on Wednesday October 6.The country produced 833 million tonnes in the first eight months of 2021, up from 760 million tonnes a year before, according to the association. In the same period, mining revenues...Read More

Philippine buyers return for Russian steel billet during Chinese holiday

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Philippine steelmakers have come back to the import market for steel billet while key buyers in China are celebrating National Day holidays, sources said on Wednesday October 6.Russian 5sp 125mm electric-arc furnace (EAF) billet was sold at $690-693 per tonne cfr Philippines this week, several key market participants told Fastmarkets on Wednesday.A European trader said that the 125mm EAF billet ca...Read More

Turkey's Habas to start hybrid car production at former Honda plant

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Turkey's steel and industrial gas producer Habas is planning to start hybrid vehicle production at a former Honda plant, according to a report seen by Fastmarkets.Honda terminated vehicle production in its plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, in September 2021. Habas is in touch with almost 30 engineering companies to start hybrid...Read More

Turkey's Habas to start hybrid car production at former Honda plant

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Turkey's steel and industrial gas producer Habas is planning to start hybrid vehicle production at a former Honda plant, according to a report seen by Fastmarkets.Honda terminated vehicle production in its plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, in September 2021. Habas is in touch with almost 30 engineering companies to start hybrid...Read More

EU GREEN STEELMAKING: Thyssenkrupp Steel launches steel with verified low CO2

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Thyssenkrupp Steel has launched a form of steel with a reduction in CO2 intensity of 70%, it said.Using hot-briquetted iron (HBI), the carbon emission intensity per tonne of lower-CO2 flat steel products - which it calls "bluemint" - is 70% lower at 0.6 tonnes of CO2 per tonne than the 1.5 tonnes that would be produced otherwise, the steelmaker said on Wednesday October 6.Thyssenkrupp's "bluemint...Read More

RESEARCH: Synthetic and natural graphite both critical to meet EV sector growth

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Numerous challenges are ahead for the graphite industry while it develops to meet the needs of the rapidly growing electric vehicle (EV) sector. While debate persists around cathode chemistries, with LFP cathodes gaining ground in China in recent months at the expense of NCM cathodes, these various lithium-ion battery chemistries are all utilizing graphite anodes. In the coming years, exponential...Read More

ENERGY TRANSITION: Decarbonizing shipping tougher than tackling sulfur, exec says

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Decarbonizing the shipping industry is likely to be tougher than efforts to remove its sulfur emissions, according to an executive at Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co.The shipping company's director of business development and strategy told a webinar that efforts by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requiring the marine sector to cut sulfur emissions by more than 80% had been much more su...Read More

Turkey's Habas to start hybrid car production at former Honda plant

October 07, 2021 / Staff reporter

Turkey's steel and industrial gas producer Habas is planning to start hybrid vehicle production at a former Honda plant, according to a report seen by Fastmarkets.Honda terminated vehicle production in its plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, in September 2021. Habas is in touch with almost 30 engineering companies to start hybrid...Read More

DAILY STEEL SCRAP: Market remains quiet

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

Turkish deep-sea scrap import markets remained subdued on the second working day of the week, with both mills and suppliers quiet, market participants said on Tuesday October 5.The most recent deal heard was late on Friday October 1, when a steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo comprising 5,000 tonnes of heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20) at $440 per tonne, and 3,000 tonnes of s...Read More

MORNING VIEW: Base metals prices consolidating after Monday's rebounds

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mainly weaker on the morning of Tuesday October 5, while markets consolidated recent gains. But volumes have been light with Chinese participants absent due to the weeklong National Day holiday (October 1-7).Asia-Pacific equities weaker this morning as they followed Monday's weakness in the United States.Brent crude oil price back above $81 per...Read More

GLOBAL CHROME SNAPSHOT: Tight supply, rising costs support European FeCr markets

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets in Asia, Europe and the United States on Tuesday October 5 and their latest price moves.Europe The high-carbon ferro-chrome markets continued to set new highs in response to tight supply and strong demand for material.Rising electricity prices faced by producers have added further support to offer prices.The lower end of the ranges were set by trader...Read More

MANGANESE ORE ANALYTICS: October 5, 2021

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week toOctober 3 2021.Read More

ENERGY TRANSITION: Decarbonizing shipping tougher than tackling sulfur, exec says

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

Decarbonizing the shipping industry is likely to be tougher than efforts to remove its sulfur emissions, according to an executive at Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co.The shipping company's director of business development and strategy told a webinar that efforts by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requiring the marine sector to cut sulfur emissions by more than 80% had been much more su...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from October 5

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 5 that are worth another look.Ukrainian authorities are preparing to ban scrap exports from the country to help local steelmakers.The heads of companies representing one-third of the world's mining and metals industry...Read More

Ukrainian authorities aim to ban scrap exports

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

Ukrainian authorities are preparing to ban scrap exports from the country to help local steelmakers.The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine published a draft decree on September 30, which suggests banning the export of ferrous scrap outside Ukraine until the end of 2022.In July 2021, the country's national steel union Ukrmetallurgprom called for a ban on scrap metal exports after export volumes of the...Read More

ENERGY TRANSITION: One-third of world's mining & metals sector commits to net-zero targets

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

The heads of companies representing one-third of the world's mining and metals industry have signed a letter committing to a goal of net-zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.Twenty-eight companies, including Anglo American, BHP, Glencore, Rio Tinto and Vale, made a collective commitment as members of the Internationa...Read More

Shipping container chaos to continue for some time, Oldendorff exec says

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

The challenges with container shipping, including port congestion and supply chain disruptions, are likely to continue for some time, according to an executive at shipping company Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co.Scott Bergeron said that while Oldendorff is a dry bulk cargo shipping firm, it was receiving a surprising number of enquiries from traditional container shipping cargo owners asking for hel...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from October 5

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 5 that are worth another look.Ukrainian authorities are preparing to ban scrap exports from the country to help local steelmakers.The heads of companies representing one-third of the world's mining and metals industry...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from October 5

October 06, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 5 that are worth another look.Ukrainian authorities are preparing to ban scrap exports from the country to help local steelmakers.The heads of companies representing one-third of the world's mining and metals industry...Read More

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