The European Commission has committed €4.8 billion from emissions trading revenues to support 85 innovative net zero projects through its Innovation Fund, raising its total investment to €12 billion.

The Western world’s industrial strength is beginning to drop, but Jakob Stausholm, chief executive officer of Rio Tinto, said at a London Metal Exchange seminar that there was “plenty of demand to be unlocked from reindustrialization.”

Fastmarkets heard from green steel producers, buyers and stakeholders at the annual Climate Week NYC event, held from September 22 to September 29

New mining frontiers were emerging but, ahead of the London Metal Exchange’s LME Week event, industry executives have warned of a supply squeeze, with regulatory hurdles and the costs of being ‘green’ hindering the production of copper and other critical minerals

Middle Eastern steelmakers are ramping-up their efforts to reduce carbon emissions, taking several bold steps toward this goal

The European Commission plans to boost the EU’s clean energy transition with an investment of €720 million ($802 million) into its hydrogen sector, while the battery sector continues to grapple with a €19 billion trade deficit, Fastmarkets has heard

Investing in scrap processing capacity will be a key factor for the aluminium industries in Europe and North America in securing enough suitable scrap to decarbonize their primary alloys, industry sources said at Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium conference in Athens, Greece.

The European Commission published its annual State of the Energy Union Report 2024 on Wednesday, September 11, outlining the EU’s progress toward the clean energy transition and climate goals

Fastmarkets has compiled a unique, comprehensive overview of electric vehicle (EV) import duties across key markets, including policy announcements, illustrating the disparities and shifting approaches.

Trade, tariffs and protectionist measures were all topics of discussion during the US presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday September 10.