[Ferro-Alloys.com] The global refined copper market showed a small surplus of 33,000 mt in January, largely due to an increase in mine production, analysts with the International Copper Study Group said Thursday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's imported copper concentrate trade boomed last week on greater need for replenishment from smelters, industry sources in China said Monday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Germany's Salzgitter has lifted its 2018 forecast up to Eur250 million-Eur300 million in pre-tax profit on the back of a stronger-than-anticipated start to the year, the steelmaker said.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Kobe Steel is currently under investigation by Japanese authorities in relation to the company's data falsification scandal that erupted in October, Kobe Steel said in a statement Wednesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The global molybdenum market is set to exhibit a steady growth between 2017 and 2026, and revenues are expected to surpass US$ 350,000 Mn by the year 2026, according to the recent report published by Future Market Insights (FMI).

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Healthy demand for molybdenum rich stainless steel, especially from the oil and gas industry, plus sluggish supply growth are expected to keep the price of this minor metal riding high.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Allegheny Technologies has filed a Section 232 tariff exclusion request with the US Department of Commerce on behalf of its recently formed joint venture with China's Tsingshan Group, the US-based specialty steelmaker said Tuesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's “ Belt and Road” policy could generate $1.3 trillion in demand for iron ore, according to BHP billiton, the world's largest steel producer.