The US domestic ferrous scrap trade has kicked off with higher offers across the board, but market participants indicated that negotiations have turned rocky in some regions, with some sellers holding out for bigger increases

Strict Covid-19 restrictions are stifling packaging demand in China and triggering production curbs for recycled containerboard producers

Demand for exports of Chinese graphite material are still muted despite a sharp fall in freight rates out of the country, which has allowed offer prices to come down

Strong export demand from Southeast Asia helped bringing up PfR prices while domestic mill demand remain sluggish

Fastmarkets RISI invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for Asia Graphic Paper, via an open consultation process between October 14 and November 14,2022.

Improvements in pulp supply is coinciding with softening demand, while risks in the form of inflation, production cost and Covid-19 are set to challenge the pulp market in 2023

Chinese battery cathode materials producer Beijing Easpring plans to establish a lithium (manganese) iron phosphate (L(M)FP) project together with its compatriot, Sichuan Shudao New Material Technology Group Co

Fastmarkets has decided to discontinue its steel scrap machine shop turnings, consumer buying price trend, delivered mill Seattle/Portland, $ per gross ton due to a lack of liquidity.

Fastmarkets has decided to discontinue three foundry grade price assessments included in its Detroit consumer buying price series due to a lack of liquidity.

Recent agreements with Japanese companies will help Nouveau Monde Graphite become the biggest graphite producer in North America’s anode supply chain, Eric Desaulniers, founder, president and chief executive officer of the company told Fastmarkets