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BATTERY MATERIALS BLOG: Graphite and batteries - the story so far
Graphite has so far not experienced the stellar price growth that was first evident in lithium and then in cobalt, two other key feedstocks for battery materials, but it may...
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LME adopts Fastmarkets MB prices for new cash-settled derivatives
The London Metal Exchange (LME) and Fastmarkets have today launched three new cash-settled derivative contracts to provide effective risk management tools for the aluminium, alumina and cobalt markets.
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BATTERY MATERIALS BLOG: Why is cobalt trading below $20/lb?
Several bullish supply-side announcements have hit the cobalt market over the past few months but prices have fallen by 44% since the start of the year.
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BATTERY MATERIALS BLOG: Introducing Fastmarkets' battery pricing portfolio
The battery has increasingly provided mobility across a wide range of products in the 200 years and more since Alessandro Volta invented the world’s first battery in 1800.
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Upgrading: How the shift to high-grade iron ore brings a new dimension to the market
Peter Hannah, Index Price Development (Metals & Mining), discusses how the iron ore market is changing and explains how those in the market are now managing price spreads and risk.
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LME adopts Fastmarkets MB prices for new cash-settled derivatives
The London Metal Exchange (LME) will launch three new cash-settled derivative contracts settled against Fastmarkets MB’s aluminium, alumina and cobalt prices, effective from March 11, 2019.
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PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2019-2020
View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2019 and 2020.
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RISI and FOEX announce rebranding as Fastmarkets
RISI and FOEX, two leading providers of forest products commodities data and market analysis owned by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, today have been rebranded as Fastmarkets RISI and Fastmarkets FOEX.
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Fastmarkets AMM steel price selected as benchmark for new NFX futures contract
Fastmarkets AMM’s daily US Midwest hot-rolled coil (HRC) price index will from today be used as the benchmark to settle a new HRC steel derivatives contract to be launched on...