Nickel premiums remained stable worldwide, with the London Metal Exchange's three-month nickel price hitting its lowest point since mid-September.

“Everyone expects an upturn in terms of demand but the market is not turning up,” one producer said.

Access a snippet of our monthly Latin America Paper Products Monitor, featuring an outlook for the market as whole as the region struggles to balance inflation and growth.

Nickel pig iron (NPI) prices in China continued to climb in the week to Friday October 18, on an increase in tradbg amid positive sentiment, sources told Fastmarkets.

The European Commission has committed €4.8 billion from emissions trading revenues to support 85 innovative net zero projects through its Innovation Fund, raising its total investment to €12 billion.

This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. No formal feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore Fastmarkets will proceed with the following proposed changes. Following extensive market research, Fastmarkets proposed to launch new assessments for bleached and unbleached European sack kraft to provide assessments that are more […]

Soybean oil premiums in Argentina have surged since the beginning of the month, to trade at one of the highest levels on record since Fastmarkets started following the market in 2018, with volumes for nearby deliveries pressured by Indian demand and a slow pace of farmer sales, according to sources

The Vancouver, Canada-based Lithium Americas (LAC) entered into a new $625-million investment agreement with the US automaker General Motors (GM) for establishing a joint venture to fund, develop, construct and operate LAC’s Thacker Pass lithium mine, the company announced on Wednesday October 16.

The outlook for global steel demand for the remainder of 2024 has turned increasingly gloomy for developing economies, according to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel), but 2025 looks more positive for much of the world’s steel industry due in part to the expected stabilization of China’s real estate sector

Northern Graphite and Rain Carbon have partnered to produce natural graphite-based battery anode material (BAM) for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), with commercial availability expected by 2027, Northern Graphite CEO Hugues Jacquemin told Fastmarkets.