The graphite anode industry is becoming more competitive due to evolving market dynamics and falling costs for synthetic anode, against the backdrop of weaker demand, while there is increasing localization of natural graphite

With the market seemingly heading in one direction, could the opposite happen?

Copper market participants have told Fastmarkets that European demand for the red metal in 2023 is “not all doom and gloom,” although the market will face problems

Given the sharp price increases recorded by several major seaborne steel scrap markets at the start of this new year, it can be easy to forget the host of structural issues still bubbling under the surface of the trade

As energy markets adjust to an era of embargoes and biodiesel prices are expected to come down, the UK's compliance ticket market could become less volatile

Buying appetite in China for high-purity copper scrap of overseas origin is expected to remain strong in 2023, with questions over the supply of domestic scrap in the country, and a growing trend to repurpose scrap materials as part of the decarbonization movement across the world

Understand how Europe’s energy crisis is impacting tissue producers as they face cost and availability issues in the second article of our multi-part series

Growing uncertainty about end-user demand and input costs through 2022 has driven a change in consumer habits in Europe’s aluminium and steel markets, with traders foreseeing a continuation of hand-to-mouth buying going into 2023

Volatility was one of the main themes for cobalt prices in 2022 and market participants will take a wait-and-see approach toward long-term supply contracts in the coming year

The outlook for the steel plate industry in the United States is cloudy for 2023 due to three conflicting factors: more incoming supply, expectations for stronger demand and the decoupling of the plate market from hot-rolled coil prices