The market for both grades of manganese ore softened during the week to Friday March 25, with port prices falling and concerns over demand following Covid-related lockdowns in some major steel-producing areas, including Tangshan

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China is shaping up to be a major steel slab supplier to the rest of the world amid shortages resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its biweekly imported steel plate price assessment due to market illiquidity.

A new trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday March 22 is more likely to enhance political ties than actually move significant tons of steel and aluminium across the Atlantic, sources said

Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange had fallen by 4% at the 5pm close of trading on Friday March 25, after another week of disruptions.

The benchmark aluminium premium in the United States returned to its recent peak, amid rising offers to consumers and bullish sentiment in the US, after Australia banned sales of alumina to Russia.

The decarbonization of the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain will be consumer-driven, industry experts told Fastmarkets EnergyCensus on the sidelines of the Electrified conference in London on Wednesday

After a one month consultation, Fastmarkets confirms that, from 2023, it will 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.

Fastmarkets will on Wednesday March 30 launch a prevailing contract price assessment for spodumene min 6% Li2O on a cif China basis.