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02.04.26 - 10:06
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Copper price surge drives quarterly lead frame price hikes (Digitimes)
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Lead frame packaging suppliers are hiking prices to pass along rising costs sweeping through the semiconductor supply chain. Gold, silver, and copper prices continue to climb sharply, significantly raising raw material costs. At the same time, the inventory reduction cycle within the mature process semiconductor market is nearing completion, prompting customers to ramp up orders....
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01.04.26 - 18:57
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Aluminum Supply Shock: Top Gulf Producer Halts Operations After Iran Strike, Price To Spike (ZeroHedge)
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Aluminum Supply Shock: Top Gulf Producer Halts Operations After Iran Strike, Price To Spike
Over the weekend, both Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) - the largest aluminum producers in the Gulf - and Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) reported drone attacks damaging smelting facilities after hits on Iranian steel infrastructure last week.
Neither company (at the time) confirmed whether supply will be impacted, but this morning the worst case appears to be confirmed with Reuters reporting that according to a Wednesday note by consultancy Wood Mackenzie "EGA's Al Taweelah facility in the United Arab Emirates halted operations after an Iranian missile and drone attack on Saturday damaged a power plant." A subsequent report from Bloomberg confirmed the report, writing that "Emirates Global Aluminium, the Middle East's top producer of the metal, halted operations at its Al Taweelah smelter after the site was struck by Iranian missiles and drones over the weekend, according to a person familia...
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