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.

Fastmarkets senior analyst, Anthony Speight, explores critical factors affecting corn supply chain efficiency and market volatility, to answer some of the most pressing questions amongst corn market traders today

Aluminium’s most important players met at Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium Conference in Athens on September 10-12 to debate the issues shaping the future of the industry. We highlight some of the standout quotes.

The move to place tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China by many countries to varying degrees has resulted in changing trade flows and affected supply chains. Looking at the trade data however, not much has changed yet with EVs still arriving on European shores in volume.

Fastmarkets has compiled a unique, comprehensive overview of electric vehicle (EV) import duties across key markets, including policy announcements, illustrating the disparities and shifting approaches.

CMOC expects its growth rate of cobalt supply to gradually ease in the second half of 2024, the company said on August 23. Market participants, however, were divided in their response to the announcement, with some expecting the output reduction to alleviate the current imbalance between supply and demand in parts of the market.

Spodumene prices rose on Wednesday September 11 after reports of a potential production suspension in China’s Jiangxi province drove up lithium carbonate futures prices on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX).

Southern Pine lumber has experienced historically low price volatility in 2024, with a narrow trading range and conservative trading strategies expected to continue through the year.

Read Fastmarkets' monthly battery raw materials market update for September 2024, focusing on raw materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and more