Silicon production outside China will need to increase significantly if it is to provide sufficient material to produce battery anodes for the energy transition in the rest of the world, sources told Fastmarkets in the week to Tuesday September 26

China’s aluminium industry can expect to see growing demand from the downstream packaging sector, Fastmarkets understands, after the government proposed to speed up the use of aluminium foil in food packaging

Delegates at Fastmarkets’ European Battery Raw Materials Conference in Amsterdam, held September 18-20, discussed their expectations and the likely developments in the global battery raw materials markets. Here are five key takeaways

China’s lithium prices continued to decrease over the week to Thursday September 21 amid ongoing downward pressure from scarce spot demand and bearish sentiment, as well as weakening Chinese futures

Spectro Alloys has unveiled a $71 million recycling expansion plan geared at enhancing its aluminium sorting and melting capabilities for sheet and billet casting amid subdued market conditions

Alloy smelters in China are actively seeking state certification for “green” ferro-alloys to improve their competitiveness among steelmakers, sources told Fastmarkets this week

According to government data, Ukraine's weekly volumes of oilseeds and processed products declared for export increase for second week in a row to 426,016 tonnes

Demand for black mass in key Asian import markets has faced further pressure in the past week amid weakening battery metals prices which are leaving consumers of the shredded battery powder with poor margins, sources said

Dried and bagged chromite prices on a FOB South Africa basis rose slightly during the two weeks to Tuesday September 19, with market participants reporting rising production costs due to high diesel prices in South Africa and a weak rand

Fastmarkets has launched eight new black mass payable assessments covering nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and nickel cobalt aluminium (NCA) material in Europe and Southeast Asia, along with lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) black mass in South Korea and Europe on Wednesday September 20.