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Premiums for high-grade iron ore continued to slide on Friday August 26 in line with poor import demand from the Chinese market amid an increase in average forward-month prices over the trading week, sources told Fastmarkets

Deliverable stocks of base metals at Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses were on divergent paths in the week to Friday August 26, with copper topping the gains in percentage terms, while tin led the declines

Aluminium billet premiums trended downward globally on Friday, August 26, with participants in all the major markets reporting a decrease

Soybean oil demand for biofuel blending will likely push towards the 2 million tonne mark for this year

In a fresh cargo sale to Turkey, US deep-sea ferrous scrap export prices ticked up by $2-11 per tonne compared with the last such US deals

Turkish steel producers continued to face weak demand for finished steel products in the export markets and locally

Blast furnace (BF)-based steelmaking capacity in Southeast Asia could balloon by 25% over the next few years with the emergence of new projects, the South East Asia Iron & Steel Institute (Seaisi) said recently

Fastmarkets’ senior economist, Dustin Jalbert, provides insights into the state of the lumber market today and explains the price rallies, falling demand and concerns for future supply.