Trade disruption resulting from the Middle East conflict has led to the diversion of approximately 1.2 million tonnes of bauxite shipments from Guinea to India.

Rio Tinto, the world's largest iron ore producer, temporarily shut its Amrun and Andoom bauxite mines in Northern Queensland

The U.S. Embassy has designated Brazil as the U.S.s "strategic partner" in the field ofcritical minerals.

Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has announced that it has opened a new steel service center in Mumba

The UK government has announced a new steel strategy aimed at stabilizing and rebuilding the domestic steel sector introducingstronger trade protections

The U.S. tariff policy is directly pushing the production cost of the high-speed ferroalloy industry through the transmission effect of the global industrial chain:

Recently, the metallic calcium market has remained stable overall. In the short term, aluminum prices have shown greater volatility

In February 2026, the total export volume of calcium metal from China reached 2,152.927 tons