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Higher dock costs will boost steel prices and reduce imports, said market sources

Higher costs resulting from a tentative deal to end the strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports could reduce imports, increase reshoring and drive up the cost of steel products in the US, according to market observers and participants

October 7, 2024
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By Robert England

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State of the containerboard industry: Key takeaways from our recent webinar

Get the key takeaways from our recent webinar on the state of the containerboard industry ahead of this year's International Containerboard Conference in Chicago

October 7, 2024
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By the Fastmarkets team

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Launch of Asia green long steel prices

Fastmarkets is launching a green long steel differential to its weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) import, cfr Singapore, as well as a weekly inferred green steel base price for rebar cfr Singapore.

October 7, 2024
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By Paul Lim

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Softwood lumber market thrown into turmoil following strikes and Hurricane Helene

Read an excerpt of our weekly Lumber Market Report, examining the impacts of Hurricane Helene.

October 7, 2024
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By Joe Pruski, the Fastmarkets team

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Correction to rationale for alumina index, fob Australia on October 4

Correction to rationale for alumina index, fob Australia on October 4

October 4, 2024
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By Laura Roberts

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Freeport shifts away from marketing copper concentrates as new smelter ramps up, CEO says: LME Week

Freeport-McMoRan is in the process of ramping up its new copper smelter in Gresik, Indonesia, in a move that has seen the company switch away from being a marketer of concentrates as it becomes a fully integrated producer in the country, the company's chief executive officer Kathleen Quirk told Fastmarkets in an interview during the London Metal Exchange (LME) Week 2024.

October 4, 2024
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By Andrea Hotter

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Secular demand trends may help reduce copper’s cyclicality, Freeport CEO says: LME Week

Long-term demand trends in the copper sector may reduce cyclical price moves driven by short term factors impacting sentiment, Freeport-McMoRan's chief executive officer Kathleen Quirk told Fastmarkets in an interview during the London Metal Exchange (LME) Week 2024.

October 4, 2024
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By Andrea Hotter

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SYP mills take production offline, with mixed results

“There’s just no fear in the marketplace," one source said.

October 4, 2024
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By Ted Shorack

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Delayed publication of Mineral Sands Monthly

The publication of Fastmarkets’ Mineral Sands Monthly price assessments for Thursday October 3 was delayed to 17:51 from 16:00 due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

October 3, 2024
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By Caroline Messecar

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Delayed publication of calcined alumina price assessments

The publication of Fastmarkets’ price assessments of calcined alumina on Thursday October 3 were delayed due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

October 3, 2024
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By IM staff

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2024 Biodiesel imports and exports fall to lowest level since 2020

US Census Bureau data released on Wednesday, February 5 shows calendar year 2024 imports were 18% below import totals in the same period of 2023, while calendar year 2024 exports were 31% below comparative 2023 exports. Biodiesel imports experienced quarter-on-quarter declines in each quarter during 2024. Imports were expected to fall as the market began […]

February 7, 2025

By: Robert Lane

Correction to steel merchant bar, loaded truck Port of Houston for immediate delivery on December 3, 2024, and December 27, 2024

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-STE-0203 steel merchant bar, loaded truck Port of Houston for immediate delivery price assessment, which was published incorrectly on December 3, 2024, and December 27, 2024.

February 6, 2025

By: Robert England

Nickel bears on borrowed time

Navigating LME nickel: A cautious optimism amid bearish sentiment

February 6, 2025

By: Andy Farida

DeepSeek, data centers and copper demand | Hotter Commodities

There’s broad agreement that DeepSeek has upended the artificial intelligence (AI) sector by developing a cutting-edge large language model that uses less computational power, but whether improved AI efficiency cuts demand for copper in the data centers used to power it is a matter of debate.

February 6, 2025

By: Andrea Hotter

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