The mining sector will need to get over its reticence to operate in jurisdictions with high-risk profiles in order to achieve the growth required for the move to a new generation of energy markets

Fastmarkets made the decision to transition the pricing of Houston ferrous scrap prices from dealer selling to consumer buying assessments in August 2022.

Given the sharp price increases recorded by several major seaborne steel scrap markets at the start of this new year, it can be easy to forget the host of structural issues still bubbling under the surface of the trade

Exports to Asia to meet the surge in demand had helped to push up prices, but what does 2023 hold?

Buying appetite in China for high-purity copper scrap of overseas origin is expected to remain strong in 2023, with questions over the supply of domestic scrap in the country, and a growing trend to repurpose scrap materials as part of the decarbonization movement across the world

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has joined forces with the country’s state-owned mining firm to create a company that invests in mining assets globally in the transition to a new generation of energy markets

The Uatnan project in eastern Canada, run by Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), will yield 500,000 tonnes per year of graphite concentrate, according to a preliminary economic assessment, the company announced on Tuesday January 10

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the name of its nickel mixed hydroxide-precipitate expressed price assessment and to amend the nickel content specifications to reflect the market more closely.

Fastmarkets has implemented a comprehensive update of its nickel scrap prices to bring them in line with its global price reporting agency standards.

Fastmarkets has corrected its consumer buying price for stainless steel scrap 430 bundles and solids, delivered mill Pittsburgh, following a calculation error for the monthly assessment in January.