Market sources anticipate a better H2 with many indicating that the containerboard prices have reached a bottom

Recently approved at the European Parliament, a new legislation that sets rules for batteries used in electric mobility devices is an important policy step to secure supply chains, though not necessarily ground-breaking, according to analysts and market participants

Seaborne iron ore prices fell further on Friday, July 28 due to more concerns for crude steel production cuts in China

Fastmarkets proposes to reinstate two barite prices and to launch a further barite price to complement its existing barite price series.

Following a consultation period, Fastmarkets has made a decision on its proposal to discontinue the assessments of newsprint prices in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Singapore from September 2023.

The US steel scrap market may drag the bottom in August with the market caught in a stalemate between tight supply and low demand

Fastmarkets has amended the publication date for two historic European charge and high-carbon ferro-chrome benchmarks to reflect the date from which the benchmark applied.

The continued weakness in the aluminium packaging sector has been reflected in the financial results of producer Constellium published on Wednesday July 26, with lower revenue and shipments reported for the segment

Developments in prevalent battery chemistries and geopolitical moves to onshore key battery raw materials (BRM) supply will likely require significant changes to the manganese sulfate supply chain, Fastmarkets understands

We look at this year’s European lumber export rise within the US, which caused notable shifts in the global market