Katya Bouckley

London

Associate Editor at S&P Global Commodity Insights

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Kazakhstan extends ban on ferrous, non-ferrous metals scrap exports

Oct 24, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

Kazakhstan has extended its export restrictions on ferrous and non-ferrous waste exports while expanding the ban on steel scrap outflows to include all means of transportation. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. The Minister of Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan issued an order on Oct.
Mercedes-Benz opens Europe's first battery recycling plant in southern Germany

Oct 22, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

Mercedes-Benz inaugurated Europe's first integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, which uses the technology of Primobius to recover cobalt, nickel, lithium and other materials for making new battery modules, Primobius said Oct. 22. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
German steel distributors' January sales rise 74% on month

Feb 21, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

German steel distributors' sales saw a robust rebound in January, reaching 807,924 mt, up 73.7% from the prior month, German steel stockholders' association BDS reported Feb. 21. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. The rise in steel sales and ensued destocking have drawn down inventories within the German steel distribution network to under 2.5 months' worth of sales, from four months previously, according to BDS.
Russia keeps steel exports restrained to selection of ports

Feb 20, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

Make Decisions With Conviction For full access to real-time updates, breaking news, analysis, pricing and data visualization subscribe today. Metals | Shipping Highlights Quota remains in place with volume unchanged Half of 2023 export volume goes to Turkey Russia has reapproved the list of seaports for this year's steel scrap exports outside the Eurasian Economic Union. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
Russia ramps up copper sales to China, Turkey to partly compensate for lost exports to EU

Feb 19, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

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Russia's prosecutor general claims 1990s privatization of ferroalloy plants was illegitimate

Feb 14, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

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INTERVIEW: Modifying blast furnaces can reduce CO2 emissions: SMS CTO

Jan 30, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

While putting in place production and distribution infrastructure to feed the steel industry with hydrogen will take years, modifying blast furnaces can help reduce carbon emissions today, SMS group Chief Technology Officer Thomas Hansmann told S&P Global Commodity Insights. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
Aluminum emerges as a commodity affected by Red Sea troubles: Rusal

Jan 26, 2024 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

The Red Sea crisis is leading to disruptions in the global aluminum supply chain, Russian aluminum company Rusal told S&P Global Commodity Insights Jan. 26. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
Global copper demand to rise 20% by 2035 to 30 million mt/year: Nornickel

Oct 10, 2023 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

Russia's Nornickel sees the global copper market largely balanced and expanding incrementally, by 2%-3% this year and in 2024, and expects it to reach cumulative growth of 20% by 2035 as development of electric transport, electricity transmission grids and renewable power generation will push demand up to 30 million mt/year, from 24.8 million mt in 2022. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
Refractories emissions to become growing issue in steel decarbonization: RHI Magnesita

Sep 25, 2023 | spglobal.com | Katya Bouckley

The proportion of carbon emissions attributed to the consumption of refractory bricks -- heat-retardant materials used to line smelting furnaces -- is set to become a growing focus for the steel industry, particularly as steelmakers reduce their own direct CO2 emissions and look to make further savings elsewhere in the process. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.