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    Sentiment in the base metals markets in Europe was turning increasingly bearish, a number of participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday June 21, with macro-economic uncertainties creating additional caution among consumers with the approach of the seasonal summer slowdown

    Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), announces the launch of the agriculture market’s first North African wheat price to provide higher levels of transparency in a market-facing food security concernsFastmarkets is launching the Wheat CFR North African Milling price, measured in US dollars per metric tonne, in response to the need for a […]

    Hannah Zhao, director of fiber, explores how China’s plans to restrict recovered paper imports have reshaped global fiber markets

    China’s alumina exports into Russia jumped again in May amid steady demand from the latter country to plug its shortfall due to its invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions against it

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