A lack of demand for staple corn volumes out of the key Ukraine corn market, and lingering expectations of niche demand from...

A lack of vessels at Japanese ports has resulted in low liquidity for imported ferrous scrap in the key market of Vietnam in the week to March 19, market sources told Fastmarkets.

Import prices for heavy scrap (HS) in China moved down on Friday March 19 amid shipping difficulties and a drop in buying demand, sources told Fastmarkets.

Battery recycling start-up Li-Cycle sees the commercial production achieved at its Rochester, New York, plant as the start of something big.

The return of China to buying large volumes of US corn has come just as domestic processors in the country are having to raise...

Treatment and refining charges for copper concentrate fell again to new 10-year-lows in the week ended Friday March 12, with Fastmarkets’ copper concentrate index dropping to less than $30 per tonne/3 cents per lb for the first time.

Stakeholders from aluminium producers to downstream consumers in Europe have a strong interest in market growth but more comprehensive transparency around various aluminium smelter emissions is needed to sustain that growth, Anne-Claire Lejeune, green and sustainable asset originator at bank Natixis, said in an interview with Fastmarkets.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board during morning trading on Tuesday March 16, with tin’s price falling the most to $24,630 per tonne – this after the complex mostly ended in positive territory on Monday.

Base metals prices were mixed this morning, with those on the London Metal Exchange mainly weaker, while prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were more mixed this morning, Tuesday March 16, but Asian-Pacific equities were upbeat.

Australian lithium spodumene concentrate producer Pilbara Minerals has agreed to an additional offtake agreement with Chinese lithium producer Yibin Tianyi, it said on Monday March 15.