In August, US prices for high deinking grades and pulp substitutes rose due to improved demand and tight supplies, driven by growth in the Away-from-Home tissue sector and increased mill consumption.

The annual rate of housing starts was slightly down from the previous quarter but up from the same period last year, with urban single-detached starts decreasing and other urban starts slightly increasing.

Asian spot copper markets were quiet without much liquidity due to unfavorable import conditions, while the US markets were stable but pressured by strong supply

Sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China overtook more conventional auto sales for the first time ever in July, accounting for more than half of all units sold during the month, according to the latest data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM)

Fastmarkets senior analyst and forecaster, Tore Alden, answers six key questions on the challenges faced by the sustainable aviation fuel industry

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the Fe base specification of its MB-IRO-0010 iron ore 63% Fe Australia-origin lump ore premium to more closely align with specifications of Australia high-grade iron ore lump.

The US news cycle was set alight exactly a year ago on a Sunday afternoon when US Steel, an iconic century-old institution, announced it was for sale

Slowing global demand for electric vehicles (EVs) seriously dented the second-quarter revenues of South Korea's key battery producers, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 9

Supply headwinds in the tin market so far in 2024 and the recent sell-off in the futures market show that demand is recovering more slowly than anticipated because of the poor macro-economic climate, but in the long-term, market participants still expect demand to grow due to the energy transition

The automotive industry in Japan, a major contributor to aluminium demand, had been hit with a series of headwinds in the first half of 2024, hampering its long-anticipated recovery. But market participants still expect the automotive industry to support a recovery in aluminium demand