Nearly two months after Chinese steel mills were verbally notified to halt imports of Australian coal, market participants and industry analysts tell Fastmarkets about the consequences of the ban and their predictions for its future.

Soybeans delivered into China are trading at a theoretical discount to the origin price as a fall-off in futures over the...

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States are testing highs not seen since the Section 232 market shock in 2018 and might soon be pushing up against highs last seen in 2008, in the heady days before the financial crisis.

Fastmarkets will amend the settlement criteria for its MB-AL-0001 aluminium P1020A (MJP) quarterly premium, cif Japan, $ per tonne.

Swiss miner-trader Glencore and Chinese battery materials producer GEM have extended their agreement for cobalt hydroxide supply by another five years.

The recent surge in copper prices might not lead to swathes of scrap being suddenly released into the market, as happened after a similar situation nearly a decade ago, sources told Fastmarkets this week.

Small and medium-sized steel mills in Bangladesh have been forced to re-enter the market for scrap at high prices, market participants said on Thursday December 3.

Argentina's oilseed workers and grain receivers lifted their strike action on Wednesday, after staging a 24-hour strike that...

Liberty Steel Group's move to acquire the steel unit of German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp has moved to the due diligence phase, the UK-based steel company told Fastmarkets on Wednesday, December 2.

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States climbed over $40 per hundredweight ($800 per short ton) for the first time since 2018 after more buyers chased fewer spot tons at the domestic mills.