Markets are once again consolidating in the morning of Friday August 30, waiting to see how the United States responds to China’s comments that it wants to make a trade deal.

Markets remain nervous on Thursday August 29, especially since the next wave of US tariff increases on Chinese goods are set to come into effect on September 1 and the US yield curve is showing the deepest inversion since 2007, with the 30-year yield falling to a historic low on Wednesday.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 28 that are worth another look.

With gold prices up at near six-year highs, markets remain nervous on Wednesday August 28 about just how much damage the United States-China trade war is doing and whether it will be reversible before it leads to a global recession.

Fastmarkets MB has today discontinued 40 steel scrap, non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices.

The whole battery supply chain will benefit from lithium benchmark pricing, Fastmarkets head of battery raw materials research William Adams says as he explores what is driving auto manufacturers to support this pricing mechanism.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday August 26 that are worth another look.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday August 22 that are worth another look.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 21 that are worth another look.

Swiss trading house Trafigura has begun blending copper concentrates in Malaysia, with small batches of output being offered to the market, Fastmarkets has learned.