Ferro-alloys.com:Brazil's government will revise a decree that opened up a vast mineral reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, ministers told journalists on Monday, responding to overwhelming criticism from lawmakers and activists.

[ferro-alloys.com] A “steel war” may explode between China and the US, said Viktor Supyan, Deputy Director of the US and Canada Institute in Moscow.

[ferro-alloys.com] Vanadium surges 67% in a month

Brazil’s president Michel Temer has opened up a vast national reserve in the Amazon, larger than the size of Switzerland, to mining and mineral exploration, as part of a broader plan to fuel economic activity in the country.

[ferro-alloys.com] Vanadium prices have soared to their highest in nearly nine years due to shortages created by China's anti-pollution drive, which has meant the country importing the steel ingredient to meet its needs, traders said.

[ferro-alloys.com] Iron ore prices held steady above $79 per tonne on Tuesday on the back of a strengthening billet market a day earlier, when Chinese steelmakers began stoking production ahead of mandated cuts going into winter.

[ferro-alloys.com] Spot prices for ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide consolidated their gains across China, Europe and the USA last week, underpinned by pockets of tightness and Chinese buying, both in and outside China.

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