Japan was where the world’s first lithium-ion battery and hybrid vehicle were made, but the country is aware that its position in the production of both battery materials and battery cells is falling behind its Asian peers, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday, January 31

Billerud continues to evaluate investments to transform and convert its Escanaba, MI, mill into a paperboard production mill, and is close to receiving up to $200 million from the state of Michigan

URB prices decline by $20/ton in NA, its first fall in almost three years; Graphic upsizes Bristol, UK, facility

Glencore achieved a 40% year-on-year increase in cobalt output during 2022 to a total of 43,800 tonnes, the company said in its annual production report published on Wednesday February 1

Market participants are cautiously optimistic about a rebound in iron ore concentrate premiums, with steelmakers around the world set to ramp-up production in line with an anticipated increase in demand for steel products, Fastmarkets understands

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-IRO-0010 Iron ore 63% Fe Australia-origin lump ore premium, cfr Qingdao index, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday February 1 due to a technical error.

Fastmarkets launches two daily indices to reflect the spot price of high-grade 67.5% Fe pellet feed products sold on a CFR China basis on Wednesday February 1 After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has launched a daily iron ore 67.5% Fe pellet feed premium index to track the fixed premium quoted above Fastmarkets 65% Fe Brazil-origin […]

General Motors (GM) is investing $650 million to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, the largest known source of lithium in the US and the third largest in the world

Australia-based cobalt and nickel supplier Jervois Global has delayed the start of commercial production of cobalt concentrate at its mine in the US state of Idaho, it said in a quarterly update on Monday January 30

Electrolysis processes developed by Boston Metal and Electra that eliminate the need for coal in steel production could be key to a net-zero emissions future for the metallics industry, attendees learned at Fastmarkets’ conference on January 17-19 in Dallas