Brazil's agricultural exports soared in the first week of March, which underscores the country's pivotal role in global food supply

Liontown Resources is just months away from first lithium production at its Kathleen Valley project in Australia, but an accelerated expansion is not very likely to happen, chief executive officer Tony Ottaviano told Fastmarkets in an interview.

Recovery in global aluminium demand depends on interest rates, mainly in the United States and Europe, while the global scenario remains challenging

The sharp correction in lithium prices has been driven by a decline in demand rather than supply over-build, particularly given that projects are already being curtailed, deferred or capacity cut, the chief executive officer of Australia-based Liontown Resources said

The ferro-alloys sector in China has shown a muted response to the country’s economic targets set for 2024 and laid out in the government work report released by Premier Minister Qiang Li on Tuesday March 5 in Beijing, industry sources have told Fastmarkets

What is the outlook for key raw materials in the construction industry in 2024, including steel, scrap, aluminium and lumber?

Fluctuations observed in lithium spot prices in recent years are not expected to undermine the long-term growth potential of the market, according to the chief executive officer of UK-based mineral processing company Green Lithium

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the MB-CO-0004 cobalt alloy grade and MB-CO-0005 cobalt standard grade prices.

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the pricing frequency of its MB-STE-0879 steel scrap H2 Japan origin import, cfr South Korea and MB-STE-0880 steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20) deep-sea origin import, cfr South Korea to once a month from the current weekly basis.

Fastmarkets has made a series of corrections to its zinc SHG min 99.995% ingot premium monthly average, delivered UK (MB-ZN-0082) price assessment.