Deliverable stocks of base metals at Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses were on divergent paths in the week to Friday August 26, with copper topping the gains in percentage terms, while tin led the declines

Fastmarkets published its European copper EQ cathode premium later than scheduled on Tuesday August 23, due to a reporter error.

The Inflation Reduction Act in the United States may ironically cause global metal market prices to rise for some metals used in electric vehicles (EVs), Fastmarkets sources said

While huge investments are being made to design, manufacture and improve electric vehicles, solutions to the means of charging rapidly growing numbers of them are needed too

Fastmarkets has corrected the first line in its pricing rationale for MB-CU-0403 copper grade A cathode premium, cif Shanghai, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday August 2 due to a reporter error.

There is a feeling of déjà-vu in the copper market as the potential for production curtailments and closures rears its head once again

The publication of Fastmarkets’ Shanghai bonded copper stocks for Monday July 25 was delayed by one day due to a reporter error.

US sustainable steelmaking will need at least 10.4 million short tons of scrap per year by 2024. With supply tightening, could a new commodity supercycle be on the horizon?

The Shanghai Futures Exchange copper price used in Fastmarkets’ base metals arbitrage calculation on Friday July 15 has been amended due to an unprecedented market change.

The Chilean government has introduced a tax reform bill that, among other measures, would raise mining royalties on companies that produce more than 50,000 tonnes per year of copper, according to a release from the country’s ministry of finance