Learn more about how Chinese ferro-alloy smelters are planning to strengthen green production efforts in 2024

Rare earth magnet production looks set to advance in the US and Europe in 2024, with market participants outside of China seeking to secure and onshore the supply chain for magnets

Secondary aluminium markets in Europe should be significantly influenced by the availability of scrap through this year, with the rate of exports to Asia from Europe playing a key role in shaping price trends for ingot, according to industry sources

With China's domestic producers increasing or expanding their capacities, the supply of gallium in the Chinese market is gradually rising. But due to uncertainties in the new year's export control policies and insufficient downstream demand, the market might face a more severe oversupply in 2024, according to sources

A rapid change in the spot copper concentrate market since October has sent a clear signal of fiercer competition to secure copper concentrates in 2024, which will be felt in other copper raw materials markets, like blister and anodes, sources told Fastmarkets

With China’s fluorspar prices hitting a record high in 2023, market participants in China expect export prices to fluctuate little throughout 2024, mainly due to shortage of supply

The pace of Chinese companies' heavy investments in Indonesian nickel may slow in the new year with slumping prices eroding profitability amid additional geopolitical risks, Fastmarkets heard

The landscape surrounding the steel markets is set to shift in 2024, but will some things really change? We explore three potential twists that could reshape the steel market, alongside three things that probably won't budge

While navigating the Asian steel markets in 2024, market participants will come up against both supply chain bright spots and demand uncertainty characterized by a sluggish Chinese property sector and green steel pressures

The steel industry has long been a symbol of global economic might. But as we peer into 2024, the landscape appears more nuanced than ever