China is working ways to boost the national carbon trading market liquidity by including more industrial firms from the steel, cement and electrolytic aluminum sectors to participate, as well as restarting the voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction trading, sources told Fastmarkets.

Fastmarkets has amended the minimum accepted lithium content and minimum accepted tonnage of its MB-LI-0012 spodumene min 6% Li2O, spot price, cif China and its MB-LI-0043 spodumene min 6% Li2O, contract price, cif China.

The US Renewable Fuels Association has urged the EPA to update its investigation into foreign feedstock imports and implement stricter verification requirements for used cooking oil and tallow.

“Demand is weaker than expected. If they are taking unplanned downtime, they face a new situation, customers are not taking as much volume [as estimated],” one buyer said.

Australian alumina production remains “attractive” although heightened environmental-social-governance (ESG) considerations have been causing some tension recently, delegates said during a panel discussion at Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium conference in Athens, Greece, on September 10-12.

Critical metal refiner Nth Cycle became the first company in the US to produce premium nickel-cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) this week, when it began commercial-scale operations on Monday September 9

The USDA's latest report shows US corn crop ratings at 65% in good-to-excellent condition, surpassing analyst expectations, while soybean ratings slightly declined.

Delays in US policy support for its domestic anode supply chain have made investment decisions harder, even as expectations for a medium-term supply shortage persist, Shaun Verner, chief executive officer of Australia-listed Syrah Resources, told Fastmarkets in an interview in August

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the frequency of MB-AL-0052 aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, delivered Midwest US, US cents/lb.

Fastmarkets will launch an aluminium low-carbon P1020A all-in price, Chicago Mercantile Exchange-based, delivered Midwest US, US cents/lb on Monday September 23.