Developments in prevalent battery chemistries and geopolitical moves to onshore key battery raw materials (BRM) supply will likely require significant changes to the manganese sulfate supply chain, Fastmarkets understands

An interview with Patrick Lynch, founder of Bioledger

We look at this year’s European lumber export rise within the US, which caused notable shifts in the global market

Fastmarkets explores two key emerging battery chemistries and whether they have the ability to alleviate battery material supply challenges

Read more about the significant stride towards fostering transparency in the battery anode market with the launch of prices for synthetic anode feedstock of needle coke and green petroleum coke.

Fastmarkets has launched two new synthetic graphite feedstock prices for the spot Chinese market on Wednesday July 26.

NextSource has begun flake graphite production at its Molo mine in Madagascar ahead of a potential bottleneck in natural and synthetic graphite anode material produced outside of China, executive vice president Brent Nykoliation told Fastmarkets

Much of the focus in the manganese sulfate market is now on the development of a supply chain outside of China, Fastmarkets understands

Dramatic changes are expected in the Japanese steel industry in the run-up to 2030, with exports of ferrous scrap expected to fall and local use of the material to soar amid the transition away from traditional blast furnace (BF) technology toward greater electric-arc furnace (EAF) capacity

The US was last a net exporter in offshore softwood lumber trade from 2009 through 2016, but Fastmarkets’ forecast predicts that the South will lead a surge from 2023 onwards