Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its iron ore indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets has corrected the published date for Shanghai bonded copper stocks, tonnes; chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai, million tonnes; and manganese ore inventories at the main Chinese ports of Tianjin and Qinzhou, million tonnes.

The earthquake has caused severe impediments to paper production, with total damages yet to be confirmed

Chinese cobalt producer GEM has been allowed by local authorities to resume cobalt production at its plant in Jiangsu from February 25, the company said on Monday February 27

The local government of Yichun city in China’s Jiangxi province has begun a crackdown on illegal lithium mining in the city, it said on Friday February 24

Providing much-needed visibility into the repair and remodeling (R&R) market for wood products buyers, sellers and traders

Fastmarkets has corrected its price for MB-IRO-0009 iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao, which was published incorrectly on Monday February 27 due to a technical error.

We spoke to the winner of our Forest Products European CEO of the Year award on the energy challenges, sustainability initiatives, mill project updates and future plans

Global deep-sea ferrous scrap sales to Turkey are ramping up at higher prices, stoking bullish sentiment for US exports and March’s domestic trade alike

Russia’s output of steel products, local demand and export sales all dropped in 2022 due to trading sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 - but the reductions were smaller than the markets expected