There has been a freefall in copper concentrates treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) this year amid tighter supply in the market. In 2025, supply tightness is projected to keep copper concentrates TC/RCs low on average for the whole year, sources told Fastmarkets.

After a month-long consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of these US base metals, following mostly positive feedback from market participants and internal data analysis.  The main pricing day will continue to be Tuesdays at 3-4pm London time, but these tin, lead and nickel premiums will be assessed once a month instead of fortnightly […]

Ferro-silicon buyers in Europe have been increasingly asking for green certificates and carbon emissions data when sourcing material over the past few weeks, several sources told Fastmarkets.The trend has accelerated since November 2024 after starting earlier that year and is expected to ramp up into 2025, sources said. “There has been more interest [on] this […]

Fastmarkets will discontinue its MB-PB-0099 lead 99.99% ingot premium, delivered Midwest US price assessment as of January 7, 2025.

European imports of pipeline natural gas from Russia via Ukraine have ended, putting the region’s metals smelters and refineries on alert for potential hikes in operational costs.

Read the December edition of our pallet newsletter, exploring how the holiday rush and looming port strikes impacted pallet prices.

Fastmarkets has corrected its AG-SYB-0078 Crush Margin China Soy (Brazil) M1 Yuan/mt; AG-SYB-0079 Crush Margin China Soy (US Gulf) M1 Yuan/mt; and AG-SYB-0082 Crush Margin US Soy M1 c$/bu for the period between December 2-13, 2024, which were published incorrectly due to a procedure lapse error. Fastmarkets has also corrected its AG-SYB-0078 Crush Margin China Soy (Brazil) M1 Yuan/mt and AG-SYB-0079 Crush Margin China Soy (US Gulf) M1 Yuan/mt for November 20 and November 29, 2024, which were published incorrectly due to a typo.

Read our outlook on the EV market for 2025, including insights into how increasing production in China will shape the industry.

What if the success of your biofuel operations hinged on a single variable—tallow prices?

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-AL-0350 aluminium ingot ADC 12, exw dp China assessment, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday December 24, 2024.