German copper producer Aurubis is maintaining a premium of $228 per tonne FCA for 2025 for its European clients, Aurubis has confirmed to Fastmarkets.

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-LI-0012 spodumene min 6% Li2O, spot price, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday September 25.

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-FEC-0021 ferro-chrome high carbon 6-8.5% C, basis 65-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday September 24.

Fastmarkets will postpone the discontinuation its lithium contract price assessments until the end of 2024, instead of the original discontinuation scheduled for October 2024.

Read the full transcript from episode 6 of Fast Forward podcast on trading power and the role of the London Metal Exchange (LME) in the energy transition with CEO Matthew Chamberlain.

This week’s multiple announcements by the majority state-owned Saudi Arabian mining company Ma’aden that it was acquiring shares of aluminium producers in the region shows that the Middle Eastern aluminium industry has matured, according to Fastmarkets analyst Andy Farida

Fastmarkets will launch a monthly price assessment for graphite flake 94% C, -100 mesh, cif US ports, $/tonne on Thursday October 3.

Ahead of LME Week 2024, the exchange's CEO, Matthew Chamberlain, sat down with Andrea Hotter for Fast Forward podcast to talk about the exchange's role in facilitating responsible sourcing and transparency along the metals supply chain

The price of standard-grade cobalt has fallen to its lowest so far this year in the week ending Friday September 20, on slow demand and continued oversupply.

Investing in scrap processing capacity will be a key factor for the aluminium industries in Europe and North America in securing enough suitable scrap to decarbonize their primary alloys, industry sources said at Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium conference in Athens, Greece.