Steelmakers in Taiwan are planning for severe production cuts this summer amid a surge in electricity costs starting in April, coupled with dismal steel demand in the spot market, sources have told Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets will realign its consumer buying price for ferrous scrap No1 bundles in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, effective with the May 2023 monthly settlement. The price realignment also includes the consumer buying price for ferrous scrap No1 industrial bundles in Pittsburgh.

Corn investors add 7,225 new long contracts over the week

After a one-month consultation period, Fastmarkets is to amend the frequency of its Brazilian P1020A aluminium import premium.

The copper industry is about to be shaken up, but it does not resolve the anticipated supply shortfall in the long run

Chile intends to nationalize its lithium resources, the country’s president, Gabriel Boric, said in a televised address to the country on Friday April 21

Fastmarkets experts share battery demand forecasts, data and charts to demonstrate the ever-changing battery materials landscape and make some key predictions for the future of the green energy transition

Concerns are raised over the use of waste-based feedstocks

Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt and Swedish commercial vehicles manufacturer Scania have jointly developed a nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) battery cell with capacity to power heavy electric vehicles for 1.5 million km

A growing arbitrage has emerged between the different pricing mechanisms for nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) while nickel sulfate prices come under pressure and demand weakens