Explore the latest updates on lithium spodumene production and market trends from Australian producer PLS.

The start of the new 2026 financial year makes it possible to highlight several key developments in the Russian wheat market during the first half of the 2025/26 marketing year. These include higher production, slower export activity, very stable prices and the continued dominance of three major exporters in terms of market share.

Crude palm oil (CPO) futures rebounded from three days of losses to recover to its highest in three weeks on Friday January 16, spurred by gains across the broader vegoil complex and pre-weekend positioning while further indications of a slowing pace of production also lent support.

The Constanta-Varna-Burgas (CVB) wheat market has entered the 2025-2026 marketing year from a firmer price base than last season, but underlying fundamentals point to a more challenging trading environment. While early summer values reflected a sense of tightness, high regional yields, weak margins and cautious farmer behavior are reshaping market dynamics and export flows, according to sources.

Antofagasta copper output is set to increase by nearly 30% as the company transforms its operations by the end of the decade.

Explore the latest on tariffs and the Supreme Court ruling affecting the steel industry and trade practices in the US.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ European bulk alloys prices for Friday January 16 was delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ manganese ore seaborne indices for Friday January 16 was delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The year of 2025 was one of uncertainty for the US vegetable oil market, with unresolved federal biofuel and tax policies sparking major shifts in supply and demand.

Fastmarkets has corrected its AG-SYB-0032 Soyoil CFR India $/mt price, which was published incorrectly for M2 and M3 on November 18, 21 and 25, for M1, M2, M3 and M4 on November 26, and for M1, M2 and M3 on November 27 and 28 and December 1 due to a procedural lapse. The corresponding actual prices were also published incorrectly as well.