Explore the evolving market for base metals as nickel faces competition from lithium iron phosphate alternatives.

Discover how the Middle East Iron and Steel Conference 2025 addresses industry challenges, trade flows, and resource technologies.

India’s ferrous scrap imports have rebounded in early 2025 but remain vulnerable due to competitive domestic DRI prices and shifting sourcing strategies by steelmakers. While near-term demand is subdued, long-term prospects depend on evolving supply chains and policy decisions.

Charcoal-based pig iron can potentially support decarbonization strategies in the EU, despite not being widely used in the region, delegates were told at Fastmarkets' International Iron Ore & Green Steel Summit, held June 17-19 in Barcelona.

The US and Europe must adopt long-term, consistent policies and should learn lessons from China, according to lithium industry experts speaking at Fastmarkets’ Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference in Las Vegas, US, over June 22-25.

The demand for high-grade iron ore in 2024 is expected to remain weak due to constrained steelmaking margins, oversupply, and high port inventories.

Nickel pig iron (NPI) prices in China continued to climb in the week to Friday October 18, on an increase in tradbg amid positive sentiment, sources told Fastmarkets.

Higher costs resulting from a tentative deal to end the strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports could reduce imports, increase reshoring and drive up the cost of steel products in the US, according to market observers and participants

The Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) 65% Fe iron ore derivatives contract – which is settled against Fastmarkets’ daily index for iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao – set a new record for traded volumes at 1.22 million tonnes in a single day, according to SGX published data on Thursday August 8

Amid the rising focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, the Australian mining industry faces a conundrum: maintain production at competitive levels or promote rigorous ESG standards