New arrivals
- 08/23/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #16 — July Magnet Exports from China Surge 75%, Driving Neodymium Higher While Others Stay Flat
- 08/20/2025 GBRC 2025 SMM Battery Recycling & Circular Economy Conference Opens in Ningbo — MIRU Joins as Partner
- 08/17/2025 FREE Bangladesh's Current Economic state: Exploring Political, Industrial, and Socioeconomic Factors Impacting Growth
- 08/12/2025 June 2025 Lead Battery Scrap Export Statistics Analysis Sharp decline from previous month – is the price bottoming out?
- 08/11/2025 June 2025 Crude Lead (Bullion) Export Statistics Analysis First increase in three months, sharp rise to China
- 08/10/2025 June 2025 Lead Scrap Export Statistics Analysis Two consecutive months of decline – widening y/y shortfall in cumulative volume
- 08/06/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #15 – Generally Stable, Neodymium for Magnets Tops $90
- 08/04/2025 The Era of Recycled Tin in Full Swing — Recycled Tin Premiums Surge, Some Exceeding $1,500
- 08/04/2025 FREE 日本电池市场在可再生能源扩张与电力需求增长下迎来快速增长
- 08/04/2025 FREE Japan's Battery Market Poised for Rapid Growth Amid Renewable Energy Expansion and Rising Power Demand
- 07/29/2025 FREE 【中文版】9月25日(星期四)第12届 Battery Summit in TOKYO
- 07/24/2025 May 2025 Analysis of Crude Lead (Bullion) Export Statistics: SecondDecline, But Cumulative Total Still Exceeds Previous Year
- 07/24/2025 May 2025 Analysis of Lead Battery Scrap Exports: Eight Consecutive Months of Shipment; Unit Prices Fall for Sixth Straight Month
- 07/24/2025 May 2025 Analysis of Japan’s Lead Scrap Exports: Sharp Decline, Zero Exports to China
- 07/24/2025 FREE 第12回バッテリーサミット講演者紹介:Terra Charge 株式会社 代表取締役副社長 中川 耕輔 氏「Terra Chargeの挑戦:EVとバッテリーで拓く、次世代エネルギー基盤」
- 07/24/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #14 — Prices Rise, Neodymium and Terbium Hit 18-Month Highs
- 07/11/2025 Tungsten Scrap: Supply as Sparse as a Drop of Water in a Barren Desert
- 07/08/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #13 Stalemate at High Levels Raises Overheating Concerns—No Movement in July
- 07/06/2025 The Most Critical and Terrible Metal Right Now: Tungsten Enters Uncharted Territory
- 06/30/2025 FREE Automobile Recycling Summit IV Report ②: Presentations from Kaiho Sangyo, TAU, and MRAI
Copper
- 06/25/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #12 – Prices Rise on Raw Material Shortage and Demand Hopes; Neodymium Soars
- 06/10/2025 USA Recyclers File #2: SPECTRUM ALLOYS, MONICO ALLOYS, OmniSource, LLC
- 06/04/2025 Project Blue Forum: Geopolitical Forces Disrupt Critical Materials Supply Chains
- 05/20/2025 FREE Winds from San Diego, Part 3 — An Interview with ReMA President Robin Wiener
- 03/19/2025 Toyota Tsusho Acquires U.S.-based Radius Recycling to Strengthen North American Recycling Business
- 02/28/2025 FREE MRAI's 12th IMRC 2025 Report①: Interviews with IRM, MIL, Gravita
- 02/10/2025 FREE Lead Acid Battery and Battery Recycling International Conference coming to Borneo, Malaysia in Sep 2025 - ABC & Recycle 100
- 11/08/2024 FREE Interview with Egyul Mamoko from CTCPM: Exploring Opportunities for Developing the Steel and Mining Industries in DRC
- 10/28/2024 China Eases Import Restrictions on Metal Scraps like Copper and Aluminum — Implementing from November 15
- 09/11/2024 Miyoshi Alloy: A Special Copper Alloy Manufacturer that Japan Takes Pride in (Part 1)
Aluminum
- 06/10/2025 USA Recyclers File #2: SPECTRUM ALLOYS, MONICO ALLOYS, OmniSource, LLC
- 06/10/2025 USA Recyclers File Vol.1 – YE CHIU (Metalico), CRONIMET, and 74 Alloys (Tungco)
- 05/26/2025 Winds from San Diego: India as the Future Core of the Global Circular Economy
- 05/20/2025 FREE Winds from San Diego, Part 3 — An Interview with ReMA President Robin Wiener
- 04/01/2025 REC Co., Ltd.: Transforming from the Heisei Era into the Reiwa Era
- 03/19/2025 Toyota Tsusho Acquires U.S.-based Radius Recycling to Strengthen North American Recycling Business
- 02/28/2025 FREE MRAI's 12th IMRC 2025 Report①: Interviews with IRM, MIL, Gravita
- 10/28/2024 China Eases Import Restrictions on Metal Scraps like Copper and Aluminum — Implementing from November 15
- 09/05/2024 Aluminum Alloy & Scrap Market Update 2024 #17: Mixed Price Movements Amid High Raw Material Costs
- 09/04/2024 Resonac Aluminum Kitakata Expands Scrap Procurement to Meet Green Needs
Lead / Zinc / Tin
- 08/12/2025 June 2025 Lead Battery Scrap Export Statistics Analysis Sharp decline from previous month – is the price bottoming out?
- 08/11/2025 June 2025 Crude Lead (Bullion) Export Statistics Analysis First increase in three months, sharp rise to China
- 08/10/2025 June 2025 Lead Scrap Export Statistics Analysis Two consecutive months of decline – widening y/y shortfall in cumulative volume
- 08/04/2025 The Era of Recycled Tin in Full Swing — Recycled Tin Premiums Surge, Some Exceeding $1,500
- 07/24/2025 May 2025 Analysis of Crude Lead (Bullion) Export Statistics: SecondDecline, But Cumulative Total Still Exceeds Previous Year
- 07/24/2025 May 2025 Analysis of Lead Battery Scrap Exports: Eight Consecutive Months of Shipment; Unit Prices Fall for Sixth Straight Month
- 07/24/2025 May 2025 Analysis of Japan’s Lead Scrap Exports: Sharp Decline, Zero Exports to China
- 06/25/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #12 – Prices Rise on Raw Material Shortage and Demand Hopes; Neodymium Soars
- 06/09/2025 April 2025 Export Statistics Analysis for Lead Battery Scrap: Unit Prices Decline for Fifth Straight Month
- 06/09/2025 April 2025 Export Statistics Analysis for Crude Lead (Bullion): Significant Increase, Well Above Year-on-Year Level
SUS, Ferrous Alloy
- 07/11/2025 Tungsten Scrap: Supply as Sparse as a Drop of Water in a Barren Desert
- 07/06/2025 The Most Critical and Terrible Metal Right Now: Tungsten Enters Uncharted Territory
- 06/11/2025 USA Recyclers File #3: GLOBAL REFINING GROUP WEST, ELG, TRIPLE M METAL, ACEROS AZA S.A.
- 06/10/2025 USA Recyclers File #2: SPECTRUM ALLOYS, MONICO ALLOYS, OmniSource, LLC
- 06/10/2025 USA Recyclers File Vol.1 – YE CHIU (Metalico), CRONIMET, and 74 Alloys (Tungco)
- 06/04/2025 Vanadium Sees Recovery Driven by VFBs, Niobium Market Stable Amid Growing EV Demand
- 05/26/2025 Winds from San Diego: Stable Stainless Demand in the U.S., but Uncertain Outlook for the Global Market
- 05/26/2025 Winds from San Diego: India as the Future Core of the Global Circular Economy
- 04/01/2025 REC Co., Ltd.: Transforming from the Heisei Era into the Reiwa Era
- 03/14/2025 Tungsten & Molybdenum Scrap Market Trends: Tungsten Scrap Surges Amid China's Export Restrictions
E-Waste
- 09/02/2024 Black Mass Market Update 2024 #6: Uneven Demand in Asia; Buyers Ready to Take Losses
- 08/20/2024 Kurotani・SJW Challenge to Create New Business Models with E-SCRAP-Brain is Assoc. prof. Takatani of UTokyo
- 07/02/2024 Plastic Recycled Content for Automobiles in Europe: Current situation and Future
- 04/09/2024 FREE The Roadmap to Achieving CE in Japan: Recycling Industry Landscape Changed by Bill for Advancement of Recycling Businesses
- 11/24/2022 New Trend Changes Sensed through the Asia International LIB Recycling Summit
- 11/17/2022 Asia's Leading LIB Recycling Company SungEelHiTech—interviewing Yi Kang-myung CEO
- 01/21/2022 FREE MIRU.com & SMM partnership past and future developments
- 11/19/2021 Trade Statics/Japan Data List (September,2021)
- 08/23/2021 June 2021 E-SCRAP Import / Export Statistical Analysis Import value exceeded JPY20 billion for 4 consecutive months
- 08/23/2021 Quantitative and qualitative changes in E-Waste and issues in processing Part 3 E-Scrap distribution worldwide
Precious metal / PGM
- 08/04/2025 The Era of Recycled Tin in Full Swing — Recycled Tin Premiums Surge, Some Exceeding $1,500
- 06/11/2025 USA Recyclers File #3: GLOBAL REFINING GROUP WEST, ELG, TRIPLE M METAL, ACEROS AZA S.A.
- 10/08/2024 PGM Market Trends for Sept-Oct 2024: Broad Rise Driven by U.S. Rate Expectations
- 09/04/2024 MARKET TALK: Continued Decline Amid Chinese Economic and U.S. Manufacturing Concerns, September 3, 2024
- 08/20/2024 Kurotani・SJW Challenge to Create New Business Models with E-SCRAP-Brain is Assoc. prof. Takatani of UTokyo
- 03/15/2023 A&H Japan Co Ltd.: Reaching out to new businesses with multiple patents
- 06/22/2022 Asaka Riken President YUKITA to concentrate on 'LiB to LiB' for management resources
- 11/19/2021 Trade Statics/Japan Data List (September,2021)
- 09/30/2021 Production cutbacks due to shortages of parts, materials are expected to become more severe
- 08/27/2021 Johnson Matthey to Improve the Sustainability of Li-ion Battery Manufacturing with OnTo Tec and UKBIC
Iron
- 08/17/2025 FREE Bangladesh's Current Economic state: Exploring Political, Industrial, and Socioeconomic Factors Impacting Growth
- 06/11/2025 USA Recyclers File #3: GLOBAL REFINING GROUP WEST, ELG, TRIPLE M METAL, ACEROS AZA S.A.
- 06/10/2025 USA Recyclers File #2: SPECTRUM ALLOYS, MONICO ALLOYS, OmniSource, LLC
- 05/26/2025 Winds from San Diego: India as the Future Core of the Global Circular Economy
- 05/20/2025 FREE Winds from San Diego, Part 3 — An Interview with ReMA President Robin Wiener
- 03/19/2025 Toyota Tsusho Acquires U.S.-based Radius Recycling to Strengthen North American Recycling Business
- 02/28/2025 FREE MRAI's 12th IMRC 2025 Report①: Interviews with IRM, MIL, Gravita
- 11/18/2024 Outokumpu as it is and its strategy for the future
- 10/10/2024 Fe Scrap Watch 2024: Significant Increases in Kanto Tetsugen & Tokyo Steel
- 09/27/2024 Fe Scrap Watch 2024 #14: Prices Continue to Fall Amid China’s Ongoing Oversupply
Minor metal
- 07/24/2025 FREE 第12回バッテリーサミット講演者紹介:Terra Charge 株式会社 代表取締役副社長 中川 耕輔 氏「Terra Chargeの挑戦:EVとバッテリーで拓く、次世代エネルギー基盤」
- 07/11/2025 Tungsten Scrap: Supply as Sparse as a Drop of Water in a Barren Desert
- 07/06/2025 The Most Critical and Terrible Metal Right Now: Tungsten Enters Uncharted Territory
- 06/19/2025 FREE 第12回バッテリーサミット講演者紹介:Project Blue プリンシパルアナリスト イン・ルー氏
- 06/19/2025 Project Blue Analyzes Risks and Strategies in the EV Battery Supply Chain
- 06/11/2025 One Thousand and One Nights of Rare Metals – Episode 44: The Japanese Tendency to Forget Resource Crises Once They Pass
- 06/10/2025 USA Recyclers File Vol.1 – YE CHIU (Metalico), CRONIMET, and 74 Alloys (Tungco)
- 06/04/2025 Vanadium Sees Recovery Driven by VFBs, Niobium Market Stable Amid Growing EV Demand
- 06/04/2025 Project Blue Forum: Geopolitical Forces Disrupt Critical Materials Supply Chains
- 05/08/2025 2024 Tantalum Refining Demand Overview: Recovery in Tantalum Powder, Ingots, and Compounds in the Second Half
Rare earth
- 08/23/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #16 — July Magnet Exports from China Surge 75%, Driving Neodymium Higher While Others Stay Flat
- 08/06/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #15 – Generally Stable, Neodymium for Magnets Tops $90
- 07/24/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #14 — Prices Rise, Neodymium and Terbium Hit 18-Month Highs
- 07/08/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #13 Stalemate at High Levels Raises Overheating Concerns—No Movement in July
- 06/14/2025 Rare Earth Market Update #11, 2025: Flat Trend Amid Uncertainty Over U.S.-China Negotiations
- 06/11/2025 One Thousand and One Nights of Rare Metals – Episode 44: The Japanese Tendency to Forget Resource Crises Once They Pass
- 05/22/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #10 – Stalemate Continues Amid Sluggish End-User Demand; Terbium Remains High
- 05/09/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #9 – Prices Declining, Peak Passed for Medium and Heavy Rare Earths
- 05/08/2025 2024 Rare Earth Supply and Demand Overview: Strong Demand for Neodymium and Didymium in Magnet Applications
- 04/25/2025 Rare Earth Market Update 2025 #8: Diverging Trends Between Light and Medium-Heavy Rare Earths
Battery
- 08/20/2025 GBRC 2025 SMM Battery Recycling & Circular Economy Conference Opens in Ningbo — MIRU Joins as Partner
- 08/04/2025 FREE 日本电池市场在可再生能源扩张与电力需求增长下迎来快速增长
- 08/04/2025 FREE Japan's Battery Market Poised for Rapid Growth Amid Renewable Energy Expansion and Rising Power Demand
- 07/29/2025 FREE 【中文版】9月25日(星期四)第12届 Battery Summit in TOKYO
- 07/24/2025 FREE 第12回バッテリーサミット講演者紹介:Terra Charge 株式会社 代表取締役副社長 中川 耕輔 氏「Terra Chargeの挑戦:EVとバッテリーで拓く、次世代エネルギー基盤」
- 06/19/2025 FREE 第12回バッテリーサミット講演者紹介:Project Blue プリンシパルアナリスト イン・ルー氏
- 06/19/2025 Project Blue Analyzes Risks and Strategies in the EV Battery Supply Chain
- 06/12/2025 FREE 第12回バッテリーサミット講演者紹介:EV Volumes 韓国・日本担当 キム・ビージェイ氏
- 05/26/2025 Global EV Market Reaches 4.43 Million Units in Q1 2025, BYD Maintains Lead, Geely Rises to Second
- 05/20/2025 FREE Dainen Materials: At the Forefront of Battery Recycling for a Sustainable Future
Transport / Machine
- 07/06/2025 The Most Critical and Terrible Metal Right Now: Tungsten Enters Uncharted Territory
- 06/30/2025 FREE Automobile Recycling Summit IV Report ②: Presentations from Kaiho Sangyo, TAU, and MRAI
- 06/25/2025 FREE Automobile Recycling Summit IV in Tokyo: Leading Experts Discuss the Changing Landscape of Used Cars and End-of-Life Vehicles
- 05/26/2025 Global EV Market Reaches 4.43 Million Units in Q1 2025, BYD Maintains Lead, Geely Rises to Second
- 04/28/2025 FREE June 25-26 Automobile Recycling Summit IV in Tokyo: The Changing Landscape of the Used and End-of-Life Vehicle Market
- 04/24/2025 Global EV Sales Reach 17.79 Million Units in 2024
- 03/19/2025 Toyota Tsusho Acquires U.S.-based Radius Recycling to Strengthen North American Recycling Business
- 10/31/2024 FREE Chinese Automakers Accelerate Expansion into the Middle Eastern Market
- 10/28/2024 Tsingshan Group’s Sudden Exit from Argentine Lithium Project: Short-Term Profit or Strategic Shift?
- 10/24/2024 China’s First Mass Production Line for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries Officially Launched
SCD / Electronic materials
- 08/04/2025 The Era of Recycled Tin in Full Swing — Recycled Tin Premiums Surge, Some Exceeding $1,500
- 07/06/2025 The Most Critical and Terrible Metal Right Now: Tungsten Enters Uncharted Territory
- 05/08/2025 2024 Tantalum Refining Demand Overview: Recovery in Tantalum Powder, Ingots, and Compounds in the Second Half
- 05/08/2025 2024 Rare Earth Supply and Demand Overview: Strong Demand for Neodymium and Didymium in Magnet Applications
- 10/30/2024 Liquid Semiconductors? Hydrogel-Based Semiconductor Material for Bio-Integrated Circuits Unveiled
- 10/29/2024 Intel Expands Chengdu Packaging and Testing Facility, Injecting $300 Million in Capital
- 10/28/2024 TSMC Reports U.S. Chip Factory Achieves Higher Yield Than Taiwan Counterparts
- 10/21/2024 Samsung Announces Complete Withdrawal from LED Business
- 10/16/2024 FREE 5N Plus Inc. Surpasses 2024 Production Target and Announces Further Capacity Expansion
- 10/02/2024 China’s Semiconductor Industry Self-Sufficiency Rate Continues to Rise, Expected to Reach 26.6% by 2027
Resin / Chemistry
- 08/22/2024 Going to Bangkok! Part 5: The Passionate Recycler - Hidaka Yoko Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- 08/12/2024 Metalysis Partners with Sheffield to Shape Future Materials Scientists
- 09/26/2022 FREE A Closer Look at Taiwan's Battery Materials Industry's Tariff Issues with Japan - Interview with Mechema (美琪瑪)
- 06/22/2022 Asaka Riken President YUKITA to concentrate on 'LiB to LiB' for management resources
- 10/21/2021 Movement of Oil Majors to Embark on Plastic Recycling Business
- 06/24/2021 Sojitz Invests in Singapore’s 2D Materials to Enter the Graphene Industry
- 06/29/2020 IRRSG2nd Web Meeting “Soared iron ore market and Present condition in China and Asia”
- 04/21/2020 Recycled plastics industry / Crisis may exceed the Lehman collapse! Interview with Mr. Ishizuka
- 03/23/2020 Shopping bags and single-use plastics
- 03/02/2020 Dow Thailand, a material science company for global sustainability
Recycling
- 05/27/2025 FREE Showcase Your Brand at Southeast Asia’s Premier Recycling Event – MRAI IBS 2025 in Vietnam!
- 05/26/2025 Winds from San Diego: India as the Future Core of the Global Circular Economy
- 05/23/2025 FREE Wind from San Diego: NAM President’s Speech——Recycling and Manufacturing Together Build America's Future
- 05/20/2025 FREE Winds from San Diego, Part 3 — An Interview with ReMA President Robin Wiener
- 04/28/2025 FREE June 25-26 Automobile Recycling Summit IV in Tokyo: The Changing Landscape of the Used and End-of-Life Vehicle Market
- 04/24/2025 FREE GBRC 2025 SMM Battery Recycling & Circular Economy Conference to be Held in Ningbo This August
- 03/21/2025 FREE ReMA 2025: The Premier Event for the Recycling Industry in San Diego!
- 03/05/2025 Do Not Discard, Do Not Burn: Kurita's Diaper Recycling System
- 02/28/2025 11th Battery Summit Report ②: Lyric, Nickel Indusrties, and CTCPM
- 10/10/2024 Memorandum of the Panel Discussion at the 4th Circular Economy Symposium Hosted by IRuniverse
Energy
- 08/04/2025 FREE 日本电池市场在可再生能源扩张与电力需求增长下迎来快速增长
- 08/04/2025 FREE Japan's Battery Market Poised for Rapid Growth Amid Renewable Energy Expansion and Rising Power Demand
- 08/02/2024 FREE October 9 (Wednesday), 4th Circular Economy Symposium in TOKYO
- 03/15/2024 FREE The 3rd Circular Economy Symposium in TOKYO on April 4th, Thursday
- 10/11/2023 FREE October 30 (Mon) 2nd Circular Economy Symposium in TOKYO
- 06/23/2022 Fe Scrap Watch 2022#10 The overseas market is still declining with no sign of bottoming out likely to be softer through
- 04/26/2022 Chick Kawakami’s Eye #15: Turning Point of “Inflation Rhapsody”
- 03/24/2022 FREE UPDATE MIRU ONLINE LIVE : WHAT IS LME? & Global Steel Product Supply and Demand Status by TOKYO STEEL + SteelMint
- 10/28/2021 FREE Pakistan Accuses US-India "Collusion" -Intertwined US-China & Indo-Pakistani Confrontation
- 10/25/2021 FREE Chuck Kawakami’s Eye (#12) -Better to Look a Little Carefully as to Whether the Low Yen will Continue for a Long Time
Stocks / foreign exchange
- 08/17/2025 FREE Bangladesh's Current Economic state: Exploring Political, Industrial, and Socioeconomic Factors Impacting Growth
- 11/11/2024 September 2024 Lead Scrap Export Statistics Analysis Flat, Continuing at the Lowest Level Since January
- 11/11/2024 September 2024 Analysis of Crude Lead (Bullion) Export Statistics: Rebound to a Three-Month High
- 10/04/2024 FREE Continuous Inflow of Mainland China Funds Drives Hong Kong Stocks to New Highs
- 07/30/2024 SUSscrap Market 2024#15 Strong yen and falling LME nickel prices cause further decline
- 10/23/2023 Chinese employee at Japanese trading company detained in China, involved in rare metals
- 07/26/2022 Report meeting: Research Results of the Metal Economics Research
- 04/26/2022 Chick Kawakami’s Eye #15: Turning Point of “Inflation Rhapsody”
- 03/24/2022 FREE UPDATE MIRU ONLINE LIVE : WHAT IS LME? & Global Steel Product Supply and Demand Status by TOKYO STEEL + SteelMint
- 10/06/2021 Atsushi Kawakami, A Financial Expert- "The Chinese Economy is Likely to Go Down."
Special
- 07/29/2025 FREE 【中文版】9月25日(星期四)第12届 Battery Summit in TOKYO
- 05/27/2025 FREE Showcase Your Brand at Southeast Asia’s Premier Recycling Event – MRAI IBS 2025 in Vietnam!
- 05/27/2025 FREE EV Volumes Quaterly Market Outlook Archive
- 04/28/2025 FREE September 25th (Thu) – 26th (Fri), 2025 12th Battery Summit in TOKYO
- 04/28/2025 FREE June 25-26 Automobile Recycling Summit IV in Tokyo: The Changing Landscape of the Used and End-of-Life Vehicle Market
- 04/24/2025 FREE GBRC 2025 SMM Battery Recycling & Circular Economy Conference to be Held in Ningbo This August
- 04/23/2025 FREE Japan and the DR Congo Take a Step Forward in Economic Cooperation — Business Forum Held in Tokyo
- 03/21/2025 FREE ReMA 2025: The Premier Event for the Recycling Industry in San Diego!
- 02/20/2025 FREE The 11th Battery Summit Successfully Held in Tokyo
- 02/13/2025 FREE 5th Circular Economy Symposium in NAGOYA, April 24~25