ACE Green is revolutionizing the battery recycling industry by focusing on LFP recycling through innovative, modular, and low-capex technology.

Graphite producers in Southeast Africa, including Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania, are becoming key players as global demand shifts away from China. Despite challenges like infrastructure and competition, growing demand for large graphite flakes and downstream processing signals a promising future for the region by 2025

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-NIO-0004 Nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate payable indicator, % London Metal Exchange, cif China, Japan and South Korea that was published incorrectly on Wednesday February 26. The rationale mistakenly stated that the nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate payable indicator was unchanged on February 26 when it had widened upward. The […]

Three years of war have reshaped the critical metals markets. In the first of a two-part report, we look at how overlapping conflicts have reverberated through supply chains critical to defense and civilian industries.

Basis indications for US interior and Gulf crude-degummed soybean oil were unchanged day on day but firmer week on week during the Monday, February 24 session. The basis on nearby Gulf crude-degummed soybean oil was assessed at a premium of 200-400 basis points per lb to March soybean oil futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, […]

The rationale was missing the backwardation data on Monday. The following line has been added to the rationale for MB-AL-0020 aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US: “The LME C/3M spread was trading at a $8.25/t backwardation at the time of assessment on Monday, compared to a $8.00/t backwardation on Friday.” The published price is unaffected by this […]

The update can be found here or on the Fastmarkets platform via a search of the report’s headline.

Nickel matte is a raw material used to produce nickel sulfate, along with mixed hydroxide precipitate and nickel briquette, feeding into the battery sector. With the commission of new class-1 nickel projects in China and Indonesia, nickel matte is also widely used to make nickel full plate cathodes. We have been seeing a boom in […]

The price details section on the Dashboard and the “UnitofMeasure” label on the Excel add-in and API for these prices previously stated that the original base was US Dollar / Tonne. However, as per our methodology and the name of each price, the original base has always been US Dollar/Metric Tonne Unit. The price details […]

Following China’s export controls on antimony and related items in August 2024, and the further tightening of controls, including a near-total ban on exports to the United States in December 2024, China’s antimony metal import and export volumes have significantly decreased. Antimony exports have essentially halted, and import prices no longer accurately reflect the actual […]