Magazine Issue: November December 2020

• Download E-Book
• View issue archive

Features

TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT: STEEL TECHNOLOGY

• The digital world of Russia’s MMK

  Steelmaker Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works’ (MMK’s) director for economics, Andrey Yeremin, discusses with Marina Shulga the digitalization strategy of one of the largest and oldest steelmaking companies in Russia

BATTERY RAW MATERIALS

• All things lithium

  When Fastmarkets held its major digital conference about lithium supply & markets in late-October, its reporters captured highlights of the event. The supply chain from mining through to recycling, investments, market fundamentals, prices and price risk management were covered and here we bring together a summary of the key points

STEEL

• A challenging year for steel reviewed

  It has been an extraordinary year for the US steel and scrap industries. Myra Pinkham reviews the impacts on the markets and gathers opinions on a more-than-usually uncertain outlook for next year

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• November December 2020 Issue:

  Exclusive interview with Alba CEO Ali Al Baqali; Review of US steel and scrap market developments; Trends for Indian steel and metals; Lithium supply and technology for processing ore and recycling end-of-life batteries; Technology spotlight on digitalization at MMK; End-user spotlight on renewed vigour in packaging recycling; New plant orders and advances; Fastmarkets expert base metal, steel and steelmaking raw material market analysis, news reviews, innovations and end-user regulars