Sandviken - New agreement includes the three-year supply for offshore Brazil, where pipes will be used in the customer’s various exploration and production (E&P) wells in the pre-salt fields.
Dusseldorf - Climate targets set in the European Green Deal and the technical challenges for the energy transition require in particular a significantly increased use of rare earths.
Frankfurt - Copper increased by more than 3% and reached its highest level in 6½ months at USD 8,870 per tonne. Aluminium even rose by more than 6% to USD 2,445 per tonne, zinc by 6% to just over USD 3,200 per tonne.
Essen- Container Throughput Index of RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) recovered slightly in November compared to the previous month.