The US ferrous scrap market remains in limbo ahead of August’s ferrous trade, with participants divided as to whether summer demand from the domestic and export markets will tip the balance of extremely low scrap flows in US sellers’ favor next month

Sometimes regarded as the “forgotten” battery material, attention towards manganese has increased drastically as participants seek to localize supply chains and ramp up battery production to meet growing demand

China’s domestic stainless steel prices were flat over the week ending Wednesday July 19 amid weak demand, but some participants expected the central government to release stimulus policies for manufacturers to push up stainless steel demand

Fastmarkets experts use the Fastmarkets NewGen lithium long-term forecast to explore Europe's lithium reserves and look into whether there is adequate lithium supply to meet the soaring demand for sustainable energy solutions

Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) will dedicate nearly half of the output from its 650,000-tonne capacity aluminium rolling mill Columbus, Mississippi, to primarily produce beverage cans, a market currently experiencing a glut of inventory

The anode market has increasingly shifted focus to synthetic graphite from natural material in response to increased capacity and changing feedstock in China, which dominates the global market. And in response Fastmarkets will start to price assess petroleum needle coke and green petroleum coke on an ex-works China basis

Fastmarkets invites feedback on a proposal to increase the publication frequency of cobalt hydroxide index 30% Co min, cif China, $/lb, from once per week to daily.

Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia try to impose preventative measures to address concerns of local farmers

Tata Group announced this week that it is to invest £4 billion ($5.2 billion) in a 40GW battery cell 'gigafactory' in the UK - producing both lithium and cobalt-based batteries for car manufacturers in the UK and across Europe

Leading European steelmaker ArcelorMittal has expanded its range of low carbon steel products, responding to increasing demand for carbon-reduced steel in Europe, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday July 19