By Isla Binnie and Bianca Flowers NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – High costs and environmental opposition have prevented the construction of blast furnaces at steel mills in the United States since…
LONDON (Reuters) – Global copper smelting activity slid in April to the lowest level in two years as Chinese operations shut for maintenance and plants in North America slowed down,…
LONDON – Global nickel smelting activity climbed in March, including in major producer Russia despite the Ukraine conflict, data from satellite surveillance of nickel plants showed. Production in Russia has…