Japanese buyers are increasing their bids for ferrous scrap to prevent exports of the steelmaking raw material, hoping to feed domestic steel production amid solid demand and healthy margins

Making sure that Britishvolt has the raw materials it needs to produce batteries has become the UK company’s priority with supply constraints intensifying, its chief executive officer has told Fastmarkets in a recent interview

The headlines on corn prices, grain exports and crop planting from around the globe this week, April 12, 2022

The latest news and headlines on soybean stocks, Brazil’s soy exports and Canadian weekly grain exports from around the globe this week, April 12, 2022

The headlines on wheat prices, Brazil’s harvests and Ukraine grain exports from around the globe this week, April 12, 2022

Seaborne iron ore prices fell on Monday April 11 due to depressed market sentiment prompted by the rise in Covid-19 cases in China, sources told Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets’ United States offices will be closed on Friday April 15 in observance of Good Friday. There will be no separate AMM Daily Newsletter or AMM Scrap Settlements newsletter dated Tuesday April 19, although automated newsletters will still be available via the Fastmarkets Dashboard.

Andrea Hotter speaks with the US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, about the protracted metals and mining permitting process and its impact on the supply of critical minerals for the energy transition

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States remained above $74 per hundredweight in the second week of April, with steady demand for spot material and restricted supply bolstering the hot-band price

Imports of Russian cobalt into the US are to face an increased tariff of 45%, which will come into effect after President Biden signs a bill passed by US Senate overnight to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus