US Steel (USS) must name its potential buyers, Cleveland-Cliffs said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday August 22, escalating a very public disagreement between the two integrated steelmakers

A combination of Cleveland-Cliffs and US Steel into a single automotive steel market behemoth, if approved, is widely expected to wield considerable pricing power

Following a market consultation period, Fastmarkets has decided to launch a price assessment for 50-lb unbleached kraft grocery bag paper in the open market in North America. The price line starts on Nov. 17, 2023.

Weak Chinese packaging demand and a sharp depreciation of the Chinese renminbi resulted in slumping exports of packaging material

With the ferrous scrap industry converging on the Thai capital of Bangkok for the Material Recycling Association of India’s (MRAI) first Southeast Asian business summit on August 21-22, eager eyes are being cast toward the future growth potential of the region’s ferrous scrap markets

Australia-based cobalt and nickel supplier Jervois Global has opted to 'moderate' the pace of restart operations at its Sao Miguel Paulista (SMP) cobalt and nickel refinery in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Argentina wants to be a key supplier of lithium to meet the world’s rapidly growing demand for energy transition, but talks of potential changes to regulations and a lack of trade deals with the US and the EU have caused concern among market participants in the country, Fastmarkets has learned

The US Department of Commerce will impose preliminary anti-dumping duties on imported tinplate steel from Canada, Germany and China due to the metal being “unfairly priced,” it announced on Thursday August 17

A number of sources have told Fastmarkets that there is already demand in Europe for copper with green credentials. Less clear, however, is whether the supply demand balance has created the need for premiums for green copper, and what the future holds for the material

On the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – which was signed into law on August 16, 2022 – Fastmarkets has highlighted three takeaways from the landmark legislation and its impact on battery raw materials