S&P Global Commodity Insights CONTRIBUTOR
Diana works in the London office of S&P Global Platts, where since May 2014 she has edited the fortnightly feature publication Platts’ Metals Insight, covering topics of interest to the global steel, metals and mining sectors. Full Bio
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Mar 2023
  • Metals
  • Energy
  • Energy Transition
  • Coal
  • Steel Raw Materials
  • Emissions
  • Carbon
  • Steel

China iron ore agency strikes deals but supply-demand factors still dominate pricing

China Mineral Resources Group, the nation's new centralized buying agency for iron ore created in July 2022, has not become the market control mechanism that some had predicted

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  • Blog
Dec 2022
  • Metals
  • Steel
  • Steel Raw Materials

Financiers, end-users press for ESG mine ratings as critical minerals demand grows

A market is opening up for rating mining projects from an environmental, social and governance, or ESG, standpoint, as original equipment manufacturers and technology companies heighten scrutiny of the origins of raw materials for their “green economy”...

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  • Blog
Aug 2022
  • Metals
  • Steel
  • Steel Raw Materials

The 's' word: Recycling scrap metal's image 

Scrap metal is changing its status, its image, its price and even its name. "Rag and bone" men with carts no longer shout around the houses for "any old iron, any old iron?" – at least not in the UK, and scrap merchants are no longer "scrappies" but...

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