Fastmarkets invites feedback on a proposal to increase the publication frequency of the MB-CU-0412 non-exchange-deliverable equivalent-grade (EQ) copper cathode premium, cif Shanghai to twice weekly.

Major chemical company BASF is pausing its plans to build a large refinery for battery recycling in Spain due to sluggish adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the EU, the firm said late last week

Fastmarkets has decided not to proceed with the proposal to amend the chemical specifications of its high grade CIF and FOT Tianjin manganese ore indices.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend its MB-NI-0256 nickel low-carbon briquette premium, cif global to include all shapes of Class 1 nickel metal.

Russia’s wheat export volumes from Black Sea ports were stable in the week ended Friday, July 26 compared with the previous week, at 574,653 tonnes, a Fastmarkets analysis of port line-up data showed.

Read the full transcript from episode 4 of Fast Forward podcast with Andrea Hotter on the copper industry's future with Freeport-McMoRan's CEO and president Kathleen Quirk

Chinese cobalt metal prices plummeted on Friday July 26 to the lowest level since July 2016, which market participants attributed to a surge in production and weak downstream demand

China’s revision of its national rebar standards, which is set to go into effect from September 2024, is expected to increase demand for vanadium nitrogen and silico-manganese amid a push for developing high-quality steel

China’s nickel sulfate prices dipped for a second consecutive week on Friday July 26 amid slow buying, while the global nickel sulfate price posted a third weekly decline on the falling London Metal Exchange nickel cash price

Fastmarkets has discontinued its two Chinese used cooking oil prices delivered Europe.