Clement Choo

Australia cuts 2024-25 met coal export outlook by 6% amid lower output

Battery metals included in 'critical minerals' Exemptions to support processing, refining of such minerals India eyes critical mineral development such as recycling India has exempted 25 critical min

Oil market tracks Middle East tensions Demand seen tepid in Asian thermal coal market Iron ore prices maintain uptrend; steel exports remain stron

After two years of shortages the global chip industry’s concerns continue to pile up. Chipmakers are now wary about weaker consumer demand, over-stockpiling by manufacturers and changes to US chip export policies.

Global manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries increased their combined production by 83.4% year on year to 122.9 GWh over January April, data from South Korea's SNE Research showed June 2.

India's Jindal Stainless and BMM Ispat plan to install new blast furnaces that will add a total 2.88 million mt/year in production capacity from as early as 2023, the companies said separately April 2

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution aims to have a global production capacity of 520 GWh/year by 2025, a more than 2.6 time spike, the company said April 27, with 41% of the output based in

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution aims to have a global production capacity of 520 GWh/year by 2025, a more than 2.6 time spike, the company said April 27, with 41% of the output based in

Japan’s Nippon Steel downgraded its projected consolidated crude steel production for the financial year ending March 31, 2022, to 44.80 million mt, down 2% from the 45.70 million mt it forecast Nov.

Global vehicle manufacturers found themselves struggling to meet demand in the second half of 2021 as production was hampered by a semiconductor chip shortage and supply is not likely to return to nor

Japan’s Nippon Steel reiterated its plans to raise the crude steel production capacity of its ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) joint venture as well as to establish an integrated steel m

Japan’s crude steel production in October reached 8.22 million mt, rising 1.0% from September and 14.3% higher year on year, Japan Iron & Steel Federation data showed Nov. 22.

Clement Choo examines the latest manufacturing indices to assess the health of the global auto industry as well as the key factors that are hampering the sector’s recovery.

South Korean shipbuilders secured 10.88 million compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders in the first half of 2021, the highest volume in 13 years, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said J

China is offering force majeure certificates to local companies, if they are unable to fulfill their international contractual obligations due to the coronavirus outbreak, the China Council for the Pr

Steel consumption in Southeast Asia could take as long as 20 years to catch up with projected capacity hikes in the region, the South East Asia Iron & Steel Institute, or SEAISI, said during its 2019

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