The 2026 pulp market faces rising costs, tightening supply, and shifting demand. Discover expert insights and strategies to navigate these challenges and seize opportunities in a volatile global landscape.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ European steel beams and sections assessments for Wednesday April 15 was delayed due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

Fastmarkets has launched a suite broker/processor and ex-works prices to service the domestic and export Mexican stainless steel scrap markets respectively.

Fastmarkets has decided to make changes and clarifications to its methodologies for nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) black mass price assessments, including name changes, to bring them into closer alignment with current spot market specifications.

The decision follows a one-month consultation period, which ended on April 6. Please note that Fastmarkets will increase the publication frequency to weekly from what was originally proposed. This frequency change is in line with feedback received during the proposal phase. This frequency change follows changes in Brazil’s import environment, including the introduction of anti-dumping measures […]

An interview in which Andrea Hotter spoke with Jon Stibbs, managing editor for technology and energy metals, to explore a growing concern for global defense supply chains.

Steel markets in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are facing a growing supply crisis for steel and raw materials after the month-long regional conflict paralyzed shipping.

Fastmarkets is proposing to launch new price series for its benchmark European PIX Pulp gross prices and North American effective list pulp prices from June 1, 2026. The new prices would run concurrently alongside existing prices for one year before the existing prices with higher discount levels are discontinued on June 1, 2027.

Producers are announcing price hikes of up to €100 per tonne to offset soaring input costs, with further increases expected from April. Learn more.

The Nordic sawn timber industry faces a crisis. A combination of factors, including rising log costs following the halt of Russian imports, sluggish demand for end-products, and tightening EU environmental regulations, is severely squeezing profit margins.