A potential lifting of China's sanctions on the import of Australian metallurgical coal and China's post-Covid-19 recovery will be key factors to watch in 2023, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday January 4

Following a consultation period and market feedback, Fastmarkets has implemented a comprehensive update of its stainless steel scrap prices to bring them in line with its global price reporting agency standards.

Prices for import pig iron in the United States rose in the week to Friday December 30 on reduced stocks and expectations of higher scrap and steel prices in early 2023

Positive feedback has spurred Aurubis to expand its investment in the United States and examine growth opportunities globally within its core business and in new fields

Fastmarkets will roll over its CIS Black Sea export steel prices on January 6, 2023, due to the Russian New Year holiday and the fact that exports from Ukraine have ceased since the war with Russia began.

With global lithium-ion battery production forecast to grow significantly in the coming years, market participants in the global nickel industry are working on the most efficient way to produce nickel sulfate for lithium-ion battery cathodes

The European Union’s recently announced targets for battery recycling faces questions about whether there is enough recycling capacity and feedstock supply to meet the trade bloc’s goals in the coming years

Fastmarkets will launch an assessment for secondary aluminium billet premium, ddp Europe on January 6, 2023.

An abundance of quietly transacted higher-priced deals on ferrous scrap and a recovery in hot-rolled coil prices have been fueling expectations of a strong kick-off to the year in the January 2023 trade

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