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Critical minerals and strategic materials play a vital role in transformative technologies including greener construction, electric vehicles, solar panels, wind panels and batteries. Demand is expected to skyrocket in the next ten years and the US Department of Energy has deemed these minerals and materials critical because of their role in producing cleaner energy across the globe. These critical minerals are at risk of supply chain disruption from political, regulatory and social factors as well as supply and production availability.
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Falling prices have been the dominant theme in the rare earths industry in 2024. A steep slump at the start of the year capped two years of price declines that have slashed profits and upended processing margins. Fastmarkets reached out to market experts to gather insight on the outlook for 2025 and the factors and […]
China’s tightened export controls on gallium and germanium formalize existing restrictions, heightening supply concerns amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
Japan’s government has announced plans to make carbon trading, a system of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions quotas, mandatory for high-emission firms from the 2026 fiscal year, which could have far-reaching consequences for Asian steelmakers, sources told Fastmarkets in the week to Friday November 29.
There are five major challenges facing China’s green ferro-alloys premiums, multiple sources told Fastmarkets at the 40th International Ferro-alloys Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 10-12.
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