The recent decline in spot copper concentrates treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) is startling, with Fastmarkets’ indices falling 38.87% month on month to a record low in February and still falling. But what lies behind the slump, and can anything be done to halt the slide? Fastmarkets investigates

Fastmarkets proposes to launch a weekly assessment for laterite ore with 1.3% nickel content, cif China, $/tonne.

Lithium-rich South America has come to an impasse in developing new projects that will help supply the global energy transition, amid new governments taking office and regulation uncertainties, Fastmarkets has heard

Seaborne manganese ore prices to China rose further in the week to Friday March 8, following fresh deals in the higher and lower-grade markets

Car manufacturers have recently announced investments totalling more than 117 billion Reais ($23.48 billion) in Brazil for the production of cars that use decarbonization technologies, with a focus on hybrid models

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