British recycling firm Altilium is building up its operations to a “fully circular” model that will enable the recovery of battery-grade metals from scrap or black mass, a company spokesman told Fastmarkets on Thursday October 10.

Fastmarkets proposes to assess and publish its lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot price range exw domestic China and lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price range exw domestic China assessments on a daily basis, rather than on the previous weekly basis. The proposal follows Fastmarkets’ observation that these […]

Fastmarkets proposes to launch a fortnightly price assessment for CIF China low-grade ferro-nickel with 20-25% nickel contained.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the pricing frequency of its MB-FEN-0003 ferro-nickel premium/discount, 26-32% Ni contained, cif China price assessment.

Access a snippet of the weekly lumber market commentary, featuring insights from our experts on the third consecutive weekly price increase.

Market participants disagreed over the cause of the long queues to withdraw aluminium from London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses at Port Klang in Malaysia, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday October 17

Indian engineering and procurement firm Trafalgar announced plans to build India’s first rare earth metals, alloy and magnet plant at the Metal Events 20th International Rare Earths Conference in Washington on Tuesday October 15

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the load port named for the assessment of its index for Premium Hard Coking Coal, fob DBCT, to eastern Australian ports, from the current basis of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Australia.

The USDA’s latest crop progress report indicates strong advancement in the harvest of major crops, with corn and soybeans making significant strides.

British experts have called for a renewed focus on domestic resources, similar to Brazil’s efforts in the mining sector, with the South American country moving to strengthen its position in the global critical minerals market