The new paper machine will bring 200,000 tonnes of unbleached kraft paper into the industry per year

China’s impending export ban on gallium and germanium will be detrimental to the cost-effective manufacturing of advanced semiconductor chips in the United States in the near term

A combination of low generation and depleted stocks drove prices up for US OCC imports

China’s auto output and sales rose for a second straight month in June, due to central and local government stimulus measures, along with carmakers introducing new models and sales incentives to try and hit their mid-year sales targets

Fastmarkets proposes to launch weekly price assessments for European aluminium pressure diecasting ingot, DIN 230 and DIN 239, to expand its coverage of Europe’s secondary aluminium alloys market.

Higher prices for cobalt metal have led to increased interest for assays of lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) black mass in Asia, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 12

The real impact will lie in the number of investments that take place, said Fastmarkets’ economist

The battery raw materials markets continued to be confused and uncertain because of the requirements about the sourcing of key raw materials set out by the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday July 12

Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment for the battery-grade lithium carbonate spot price in China, which was published incorrectly on Thursday July 13 due to a reporter error.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch an assessment of the lithium payable as part of its set of weekly price assessments for black mass in the CIF South Korea market, in response to there being more trade making use of lithium payables in the Asian markets and demand from the market for greater transparency.