Global commodities trader Trafigura is suing Indian businessman Prateek Gupta and companies connected with him after discovering an allegedly elaborate scheme of nickel fraud

A Turkish mill in a region geographically unaffected by the earthquakes in the southeast of the country on February 6 made a return to the US ferrous scrap export market on Friday February 10

Flat-rolled steel producers in the United States increased spot prices for the fifth time in less than three months on Monday February 13, led by an uptick in spot demand and higher scrap prices, according to market participants; the latest hikes bring the total increases to $260 per short ton

Battery materials firm Umicore has started the industrialization of its high lithium, manganese (HLM) cathode active material (CAM), it said, and was targeting commercial production and use in electric vehicles in 2026

The Geological Survey of India discovered a new lithium deposit containing 5.9 million tonnes of inferred lithium resources in the country’s Salal-Haimana area of the Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian government said on Thursday February 9

The European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) has given its official support to GreenRoc Mining’s Amitsoq graphite project in southern Greenland with the intention of improving the security of graphite supply for the EU, which has categorized it as a critical material

Drought impacts major agriculture production areas

The publication of Fastmarkets’ Mexican ferrous scrap prices was later than scheduled on Tuesday February 14 due to a reviewer error.

The US Midwest ferrous scrap market extended its upward momentum, rising in February for the first time since 2010 on strong export, good order books and low scrap inventories

Inventory destocking for bleached and unbleached paper results in flat prices and drop in demand