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Find out who our 2020 winners are.
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Global primary aluminium production has seen limited curtailment, despite dented demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Myra Pinkham
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Exclusive interview with Norsk Hydro’s Hilde Merete Aasheim; Winners of the Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence 2020; International trends in aluminium markets; Prospects for the Indian aluminium industry; Outlook for industrial minerals used for refractories production; The growing importance of Bangladesh as a ferrous scrap importer and steel producer; Developments in heavy equipment markets; Plus regular pages on Fastmarkets expert market analysis, news reviews, innovations and end-users
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International trade protection measures continued to loom large over global steel markets over the past year –to which the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have created further challenges. Alongside Fastmarkets’ annual ranking of steelmakers by output, our correspondents around the world review developments in their regional steel sectors
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Steel demand, prompt scrap generation and end-of-life scrap collection have all been hit by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Myra Pinkham reviews the scale of the impacts and asks what the outlook for the sector holds now
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Nominations were received from across the world for the 11th annual Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence, reflecting the global nature of the steel industry.
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Wide-ranging interview with AISI president and CEO Tom Gibson; Full listing of Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence Finalists 2020; Impacts of Covid-19 on aluminium supply-demand balance; Indian copper trends; Technology to create dry, filtered mine tailings; Soda ash applications and market fundamentals; Volatile oil-price consequences for frac sand; China returns to business but exports slump; Digital remote support comes of age; Plus regular pages on market analysis, news reviews, innovations and end-users
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US Midwest aluminium premiums have slumped in reaction to the ramifications of the spread of Covid-19. Myra Pinkham surveys the market damage and analysts’ forecasts
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There is no shortage of potential applications for
zinc in India, where the corrosion of steel is acute in
some areas. Kunal Bose outlines efforts to
encourage galvanizing in the country and looks at
the nation’s own sources of zinc supply
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Striking the right balance between supply and demand for lithium has been difficult, given the still relatively nascent demand for electric vehicles and the time needed to ramp up lithium production. William Adams considers recent trends and the global outlook in
present uncertain economic times