After navigating the rough waters of 2021, lead smelters will likely have another tough year ahead

Changing premiums and priorities in European long-term contracts for traders, producers and consumers in the global tin market

Supply to remain restricted as prices likely to continue to climb

Petrol and diesel prices remain high going into 2022, but could show signs of easing after the first quarter of the year

Supply-demand imbalance is causing decreased pricing, export imbalance between East and West Coast

What do the regulatory developments in Spain mean for the biofuels market in 2022?

A vibrant year ahead for the biodiesel industry after a tricky year in 2021

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue the aluminium primary foundry alloy (PFA) silicon 7 ingot premium, cif dup over P1020A turkey

Market participants expect prices for aluminium scrap and secondary ingot to remain robust in 2022, with demand from the automotive sector anticipated to pick up by the second half of the year. Despite a recent sharp decline in price levels for European secondary ingot DIN226, participants are hopeful that higher levels will return in the […]

Sharp rises in carbon and energy costs, along with the introduction of “green steel” in Europe, will lead to changes to traditional pricing mechanisms in 2022, Fastmarkets understands. Some steelmakers have already started to implement surcharges for carbon and energy costs, whereas previously production costs have been included in the base prices of the steel […]