Sino-US trade war takes center stage in rare earth market
Our June issue of the Rare Earth Monthly Report focuses on the Sino-US trade war. The US deliberately left rare earths off their initial tariff list as it realised its over-reliance on China for these critical materials. Furthermore, America relies on China to process its rare earth ores and concentrates, so imposing tariffs would only […]
Trump’s Tariffs Affect Chrome Markets
In our latest Ferrochrome Monthly, Core Consultants acknowledged a vast improvement in the European ferrochrome benchmark price. Prices soared from $1.18/lb in the first quarter to a whopping $1.42/lb in the second quarter 2018. This represents a rise of 20.3% q.o.q and was entirely unanticipated on our part. However, rising costs for global ferrochrome producers, […]