Specialty and minor metals
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As demand for semi-conductors, touch-screens and other highly engineered products continues to grow, manufactures rely on the Argus metals price data and reliable market intelligence to track volatility and specialty materials and manage their impact on production costs.
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Argus delivers transparent price data, market news and analysis across base metals, minor metals and battery materials to allow downstream participants to achieve a sustainable supply of electronic metals and reduce their exposure to price risk, all while researching and tracking individual materials in their components.
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Argus is the leader in light metals price data and serves the most active consuming regions globally in aerospace, automotive and other highly engineered industries. Manufacturers of alloyed materials and light metals benefit from both primary and scrap material coverage in the Argus suite of products.
High-temperature metals
Some materials necessitate higher temperature and corrosion resistance beyond that offered by carbon steel, these often rely on a proprietary blend of alloyed materials. Argus worked closely with manufacturers to develop the Alloy Calculator tool, a one-stop solution for estimating the current value of raw materials in their specific composition to price even the most specific blends of alloys to be priced in primary and scrap form.
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- Cobalt prices
- Hafnium prices
- Molybdenum prices
- Niobium prices
- Rhenium prices
- Tantalum prices
- Tungsten prices
- Tungsten outlooks
- Vanadium prices
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- Independent reference prices for highly illiquid markets and niche materials
- Brings transparency to markets with few global suppliers but increasing global demand
- Exchange data with 30-minute delay standard and the option to add real-time
- Twice weekly global bulk alloys, noble alloys and steel feedstock prices
- Comprehensive global electronic metals price assessments
- High-temperature metals price assessments, including full scope of tungsten coverage with optional short and long-term forecasting
- Light metals including a suite of titanium and aerospace-grade price assessments
- Rare earths prices assessments with short and long-term forecasts
- Electronic vehicle and aerospace raw materials coverage, including highly engineered components and structural materials
- Coverage of supply chain issues, including demand, capacity, risks to responsible sourcing and supply
- Alloy Calculator tool allows easy identification of cost implications for material substitutions in any alloyed metals
- Synthetic prices can be created in the Alloy Calculator to provide material value in the absence of spot market assessments
Latest specialty and minor metals news
Browse the latest market moving news on the specialty and minor metals industry.
Tosyali Toyo stops rolling line after fire
Tosyali Toyo stops rolling line after fire
London, 6 March (Argus) — Turkish re-roller Tosyali Toyo, subsidiary of Tosyali Holding, has stopped production at one rolling line at its Osmaniye site after a fire broke out on Sunday, market participants told Argus . Tosyali Toyo declined to comment. A fire occurred but it was contained to the Toyo facilities, a source at the Osmaniye Organised Industrial Zone said. Production at the impacted line will be halted for about three months, one market source said. The Osmaniye site has a 1mn t rolling capacity and manufactures tins, galvanised sheet, dyed sheet, cold rolled sheet and pickled-oiled rolls, according to the company's website. Market participants added that Toyo might be seeking to offset any disruptions by using a production line owned by a different Turkish re-roller. This week cold-rolled coil offers in the Turkish market moved up by roughly $10/t to $680-700/t ex-works. By Carlo Da Cas and Elif Eyuboglu Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Rio Tinto completes Arcadium Lithium takeover
Rio Tinto completes Arcadium Lithium takeover
London, 6 March (Argus) — Global mining giant Rio Tinto has today completed its $6.7bn buyout of global chemicals producer Arcadium Lithium, soon to be renamed Rio Tinto Lithium. Rio confirmed that it would buy Arcadium in October 2024 , the seventh-largest lithium producer in the world by market capitalisation as of January 2024. Rio Tinto aims to bring its lithium assets to about 200,000 t/yr of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2028. In 2024, Arcadium sold 42,300t of lithium salts, including lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, along with 140,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate. The company posted net income of $131.7mn in 2024, down from $330.1mn in 2023. The firm had to suspend some operations at its Mount Cattlin mine in Western Australia while also delaying its expansions . Arcadium will place its Mount Cattlin mine into care and maintenance by the middle of the year, after suspending it in September on low prices, potentially placing upward pressure on prices. The top three lithium mining companies accounted for around 54pc of global production in 2023, a higher portion than the 15pc for nickel and 47pc for cobalt, according to the IEA. Market participants told Argus earlier this year that lithium prices are unlikely to recover until the second half of 2026 on high inventories and a glut of supply set to come on line (see graph) . "Arcadium and the predecessor companies failed to advance a world class suite of assets on a timely basis," Global Lithium Podcast host Joe Lowry told Argus . "Hopefully that will change being part of a large company with a significant balance sheet." By Chris Welch Lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production t Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Lundin to option Talon's Cu, Ni US exploration site
Lundin to option Talon's Cu, Ni US exploration site
London, 6 March (Argus) — Canada-based firm Lundin Mining has agreed to negotiate an earn-in deal with US-based mining company Talon Metals for the right to buy a majority stake in Talon's Boulderdash exploration site in Michigan, US. Lundin Mining could buy a 70pc stake in the Boulderdash site, which is next to Lundin's Eagle nickel and copper mine. Nickel and copper was first found at the exploration site in October last year. Recent drilling found copper and nickel deposits with grades of 2.95pc and 2.33pc, respectively. Along with signing the agreement, Lundin has given Talon a $5mn advance to start further drilling at Boulderdash. Lundin plans to fund up to 30,000m of drilling at Boulderdash for a 44.625pc stake. The drilling will be done in 10,000m phases. After completing the 30,000m, Lundin Mining would fund a feasibility study for an additional 25.375pc stake, which would give Lundin 70pc ownership. And Lundin will have the option to have 90pc ownership in nearby properties. If the two firms do not complete an agreement, Talon will either repay the $5mn advance or issue shares to Lundin. The Eagle mine and the adjacent Boulderdash site are linked by road to the Humboldt processing mill. The Eagle mine is forecast to produce 8,000-11,000t each of nickel and copper this year, according to Lundin's production guidance. By Ellanee Kruck Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Japan’s domestic EV sales drop further in February
Japan’s domestic EV sales drop further in February
Tokyo, 6 March (Argus) — Japanese domestic sales of passenger electric vehicle (EVs) fell on the year for a 16th consecutive month in February, mostly because of lower demand for domestic brand EVs. Sales totalled 4,390 units in February, fell by 20pc from a year earlier, according to data from three industry groups — the Automobile Dealers Association, the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association and the Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA). Sales were also down by 3.8pc on the month. EVs accounted for 1.2pc of the country's total passenger car sales in February, down by 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier. The fall in EV sales is mostly attributed to weaker demand for domestic brand EVs. Sales of Nissan's Sakura, the country's top selling EV model, fell by 33pc on the year to 1,760 units. Demand for foreign brand EVs remained firm in February, according to JAIA's representative who spoke to Argus . Sales of foreign brand passenger EVs rose to 1,829 units, up by 11pc from a year earlier, marking the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year growth. Imported EVs accounted for around 42pc of Japan's total domestic EV sales, up by 12 percentage points from a year earlier. Chinese manufacturer BYD resumed normal shipments in Japan after a partial delivery suspension in January , according to JAIA. By Yusuke Maekawa Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
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