Price volatility in the Southern Pine lumber market eased markedly in 2023 from the pandemic-infused chaos evident in the three previous years. While most traders welcomed that trend, many lamented that the reduced volatility failed to make the market’s near-term shifts any easier to gauge. In fact, many veteran traders noted that coming trends were […]

China has approved the export of graphite anode raw materials to South Korean battery material makers after it started regulations on the exports of certain graphite products on December 1, but concerns over exports remain

An interview with Terry Webber, vice president of industry affairs at AF&PA on product recyclability, forest management and legislation

An interview with Laurent Sellier, CEO of Smurfit Kappa The Americas on changing packaging consumer behaviors and the key to preparedness for 2024

Oversupply caused by growing refining capacity in China overturned the fundamentals of the Chinese Class-1 nickel market in 2023 and the effects are expected to be extended and amplified in 2024, sources told Fastmarkets

The Asian aluminium market is expected to continue its recovery in 2024 after it struggled to meet expectations in the prior year, market participants have told Fastmarkets

Another year is behind us, with no shortage of discussion topics when reflecting on the US residential construction and wood products markets in 2023. In many ways, the year played out how our team expected as we laid out in last year’s “Predictions” piece. Here is how our predictions played out throughout 2023: Want to […]

Fastmarkets has made a correction to its January stainless steel scrap consumer price assessments for 430 and 409 consumer bundles, delivered to mill Pittsburgh.

Hamburg-based copper producer Aurubis is considering the US and Europe among options for a future black mass recycling plant, chief executive officer Roland Harings told Fastmarkets on Monday January 8

These changes are driven by the need to adapt to an uncertain market environment and a sluggish economy, especially with pessimistic steel demand from China's real estate sector