Can copper smelters survive shrinking margins?
Smelters may choose to increase their use of secondary materials, including scrap, to mitigate their losses.
Tag: supply chain
Navigating the shifting currents
How logistics and global demand are shaping the metal scrap industry in 2024
CRU: Market Update, August 27, 2024
Canada adding to the tariff frenzy against China and China reacts.
Market seeks a break, but CN threatens derailment
Just when we believe brighter months are ahead- throw in a rail strike to derail.
LME aluminum rises, with focus on Fed Chair’s speech
LME aluminum price recovers as Chinese imports are still significantly down, despite rise in monthly totals.
Export market update
August market sideways, scrap demand plummets, all eyes on September slump.
The week in review and what to watch in the days ahead
Steel mills enter the August market. Non-ferrous looks to September.
Is it a summer slump or a deeper disruption?
Funds press the reset button as the industrial sector underperforms. Meanwhile, the non-ferrous recycled metals market sits on the sidelines.
Flatbed rates hold steady amid economic fluctuation
Flatbed spot rates are still down 26% from their Q2 2022 peak. Have we found a bottom? Could rates go lower?
What Trump and Vance mean for trade
Tariffs likely regardless of November winner.