The European Union’s much-anticipated Critical Raw Materials Act, announced on Thursday March 16 by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, has set out new lists of the raw materials now formally designated as strategic and critical

Tellurium prices rose by 6.43% on Friday February 24, due to supply tightness, strong buying interest from the thermo-electric sector and a positive outlook on solar panels, sources told Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets has corrected its price assessment for cadmium on December 16, 2022, following two reporter errors.

The publication of Fastmarkets' Shanghai minor metal price assessments for Friday July 29 were delayed due to an editor error in the peer review process.

Market expectations of sustained demand growth in minor metals in the coming years due to decarbonization is driving the UK’s critical minerals strategy, UK policy lead for critical minerals at the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) International Minor Metals in Sheffield, Matt Hatfield, said

From January 2023, Fastmarkets proposes to no longer roll over its price assessments for minor metals, ores, alloys or industrial minerals when these are scheduled to be made on days that fall on public holidays in the country in which the price is assessed, or in which a price is based.

The publication of Fastmarkets' price assessment for minor metals on Friday, January 14 was delayed due to an error in the review process

Fastmarkets has corrected its germanium dioxide, in-whs China, $/kg, which was published incorrectly on Friday June 25 due to a reporting error.

Enabling large-scale expansion of solar power production capacity is a crucial part of the transition to a sustainable future for energy, but its prospects of growth rest on the current and future availability of key minerals and metals.

View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2021-2022.