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Stainless Steel Market Update 2024#32: Weak Demand for Nickel and Chromium, Yet Prices Stay World’s Highest August 2024 SUS Scrap Export/Import: Fourth Month of Decline, Cumulative Figures Below Last Year Cobalt Watch 2024 Autumn: After Peaks and Valleys, Is It Now Just a Matter of Waiting for a Rebound from the Bottom? Nickel Watch Autumn 2024: Fair Value Estimated at $12,000–13,000 FerroChrome Watch Autumn 2024: Tightening Chrome Ore Supply and Issues in South Africa SUSscrap MarketWatch 2024 #22: Will Ni-based Scrap Prices Also Decline Following the Drop in Cr-based Scrap? Fe Scrap Watch 2024 #14: Prices Continue to Fall Amid China’s Ongoing Oversupply Nickel Institute Battery Day (Part 6): North America and GM Partner to Enhance EV Supply Chain Sustainability Nickel Institute Battery Day (Part 5): Challenges and Opportunities in Battery Recycling and Future Sustainability

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Copper

09/11/2024 Miyoshi Alloy: A Special Copper Alloy Manufacturer that Japan Takes Pride in (Part 1)
09/06/2024 2024 Rare Metal Scrap Market Update: Price Recovery and Potential Downturn
09/04/2024 MARKET TALK: Continued Decline Amid Chinese Economic and U.S. Manufacturing Concerns, September 3, 2024
08/30/2024 Japan’s Proud Electrolytic Copper Foil Technology: Insights from the Industry Leader Nippon Denkai
08/27/2024 LME Copper Prices Rebound on FRB Chairman’s Rate Cut Remarks, Domestic Price Rises; Zn and Pb Also Increase
08/22/2024 Lead Battery Scrap Market Update 2024 #9: Facing a Rebound Since March——“Cash Sales Driving Decline”
08/20/2024 Kurotani・SJW Challenge to Create New Business Models with E-SCRAP-Brain is Assoc. prof. Takatani of UTokyo
08/13/2024 SUSscrap MarketWatch 2024 #18: The Market Has Completely Shifted to a Buyer’s Market
08/02/2024 FREE October 9 (Wednesday), 4th Circular Economy Symposium in TOKYO
07/26/2024 FREE MRAI Second International Conference in Bangkok

Aluminum

Lead / Zinc / Tin

SUS, Ferrous Alloy

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

Iron

Minor metal

Rare earth

Battery

Transport / Machine

SCD / Electronic materials

10/02/2024 China’s Semiconductor Industry Self-Sufficiency Rate Continues to Rise, Expected to Reach 26.6% by 2027
09/26/2024 China Initiates Anti-Discrimination Investigation into Canada’s Restrictive Measures
09/06/2024 TSMC Expands Advanced Packaging Capacity by Fourfold, Taiwanese Companies Unite to Develop Ecosystem
08/30/2024 Japan’s Proud Electrolytic Copper Foil Technology: Insights from the Industry Leader Nippon Denkai
07/27/2023 FREE September 1 (Friday) 1st SEMICON (Semiconductor) Summit in TOKYO
05/15/2023 FREE 【Schedule of lectures】8.2.BatterySummitGlobalSummer 9.1Semiconductor Summit to be held
10/25/2021 FREE Taiwan Report: RiTdisplay, the World's First Fully Automated Mass Production Line OLED Manufacturer, Part Ⅱ
10/21/2021 FREE Taiwan Report: RiTdisplay, the World's First Fully Automated Mass Production Line OLED Manufacturer, Part I
04/14/2021 2020 Rare Earth Demand Results: New Metals Association Neodymium Down Almost 10% from the Previous Year
11/18/2020 Comparison of the competitiveness of the three domestic magnet families

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

Energy

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
10/25/2021 Cabinet Decision on the 6th Strategic Energy Plan－Nuclear Power Plant Discussion that was not Deeply Dug
10/23/2021 FREE Imminent COP26－All Making a Rush Declaration of Carbon Neutral

Stocks / foreign exchange

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."
08/30/2021 Tension Afghan Situation-National Fortress “Panjshir” Raises Resistance Forces, including Masoud Sons
06/30/2021 Chuck Kawakami’s Eye (#10) －The Long-term Trend of the Dollar and the Dollar-based Currency System
06/04/2021 FAO－Global Food Prices Rise at Rapid Pace in May

Special

09/18/2024 FREE October 9 (Wednesday) 4th Circular Economy Symposium in Tokyo
08/15/2024 FREE Bangkok tour 2024 Archive
08/13/2024 FREE 10th Tokyo Battery Summit September 12th 2024
08/02/2024 FREE October 9 (Wednesday), 4th Circular Economy Symposium in TOKYO
06/08/2024 FREE 6/19-20 MIRU Rare earth Symposium in Tokyo with 2024 REIA Annual Conference ＆ JOGMEC
03/20/2024 FREE 2024 REIA Annual Conference, Tokyo　with　JOGMEC＆MIRU　
03/15/2024 FREE The 3rd Circular Economy Symposium in TOKYO on April 4th, Thursday
12/04/2023 FREE The 9th Battery Summit in TOKYO to be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2024
12/04/2023 FREE MIRU English website User Guide
11/29/2023 FREE Review of 2023 and Outlook for 2024 (Copper, Aluminum, Stainless Steel) @ Gakushi Kaikan : Wednesday, December 20

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