It’s been a tumultuous year for industrial metal markets, both the worst of times and the best of times.

The London Metal Exchange will roll-out by mid-2021 a digital register to store carbon related details of aluminum.

Industrial metals are well on their way to being among the top performers of 2020.

Flourishing demand in China and the United States, higher freight costs and tight scrap supplies are expected to fuel further rises in prices of the metal.

“The path to economic recovery will be long and slow,” says Intl FCStone metals analyst Natalie Scott-Gray.

U.S. Steel is exercising a call option and will use cash on hand to buy the stake for about $774 million.

Plans by US President-elect to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure are expected to underpin metals prices in the coming months.