Japan's Panasonic has teamed up with Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro and Norway's state-owned oil major Equinor to look into developing a sustainable battery business in Norway.

The metals were looking robust this morning, Wednesday November 18, and for the most part are managing to drive higher despite concerns about the rapid spread of Covid-19 and some mixed economic data of late.

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have continued to climb amid an ongoing supply squeeze and robust overall market fundamentals, Fastmarkets has learned.

Improving demand for finished and semi-finished steel products across the major outlets has increased scrap prices in the major markets over the week to Friday November 13.

A lack of progress in salary negotiations involving oilseed workers and grain receivers could lead to strike action at a national level...

Argentinian farmers progressed at a brisk pace with soybean planting last week, with the volume hitting 19.9% of the...

In the closing session of this year’s International Ferroalloys, which was held virtually November 9-11, Fleur Ritzema, global minors, ores and alloys editor at Fastmarkets, and Fastmarkets' analysts Amy Bennett and Robert Cartman summed up the key market drivers for the rest of 2020 and beyond.

Fast-rising costs for container freight on a number of major shipping routes are causing disruption in trade flows for minerals and metals alike, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday November 12.

This month’s update to the USDA’s influential Wasde report unveiled an ambitious hike to US corn export targets, as...

Markets were generally buoyant on the back of relief that a potential Covid-19 vaccine has been found, but the metals also seem hesitant this morning, Tuesday October 11, about what this will mean to the markets given how much they have run up already since the March lows.