Volatility in key currencies has been at the forefront of the minds of many steel and ferro-alloys producers, traders and buyers in 2023

Rising base metal stock levels on the London Metal Exchange continue to highlight a poor physical demand environment, with the anticipated return in global demand remaining a key talking point ahead of LME Week, participants told Fastmarkets on Friday October 6

The short-term outlook for copper is being understandably muted by investors’ macroeconomic and geopolitical concerns despite an ongoing positive story for the longer term, the chairman of Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco said in an interview

Codelco is currently negotiating with fellow Chilean miner Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) to create a lithium production partnership, the chairman of the state-owned copper producer told Fastmarkets

Codelco expects to begin to gradually increase its copper production following several years of declining output, with a roughly 30% rise from current levels expected by 2030, the chairman of Chile’s state-owned copper company told Fastmarkets

The future is clouded for molybdenum markets into the end of 2023 and beyond, sources have suggested, as uncertainties persist around concentrates production and consumption, with the potential for knock-on effects on molybdic oxide and ferro-molybdenum. As LME Week approaches, Fastmarkets take a deep dive into production dynamics

European industrial production is struggling due to high interest rates, rising energy costs and inflation, but with the German economy hit particularly hard, market participants in the base metals sector are worried that the EU powerhouse might fall into a recession

The publication of Fastmarkets’ EU stainless steel flats and longs prices were delayed because of a technical error.

The publication of Fastmarkets' manganese ore seaborne indices for Friday October 6 was delayed due to inputting errors in the data submission process.

Fastmarkets has discontinued its Russian domestic steel prices as of Thursday October 5, 2023.