Cobalt market participants attending last week’s MMTA conference in Sheffield, UK, claimed that cobalt price rises that have supported the market since the beginning of the year will not lead to falling demand from the quickly-growing battery industry

Producers are increasingly finding it hard to transport their copper and cobalt out of operation sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), due to truckers choosing to stay away from the country's border

A summary of what happened to nickel trading in March and the impact this had on the publication and display of the LME nickel data on the Fastmarkets platform

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

EU regulation changes could affect future biofuels trade flows as Finland and Hungary move to moderate compliance obligations

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

An analysis of sustainable aviation fuels raw materials and processes

Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), announced the launch of its battery raw materials (BRM) risk matrix. The electric vehicle (EV) is critical to automakers’ growth and the global transition to a low-carbon economy. But varied, dynamic BRM risks may hinder EV market growth. The Fastmarkets’ BRM risk matrix is a graphical representation […]

An industry expert has warned that in the next ten years demand for high-purity manganese is likely to exceed supply unless more attention is paid to the battery-grade metal

Get your copy of the Fastmarkets' BRM risk matrix to understand the ten greatest risks to the battery raw materials market and global EV growth