Digital financing will ease a lot of strain businesses are facing on liquidity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, DBS Bank group head of trade product management Sriram Muthukrishnan told Fastmarkets in a recent interview.

There are numerous crosscurrents running through the markets this morning, Tuesday August 18, with the base metals mainly firmer and gold rebounding strongly, while equity markets were mixed and the dollar continued to weaken.

Steelmaker Tata Steel Europe continues to negotiate with the UK government on the support the government can offer it during the Covid-19 pandemic, the company told Fastmarkets on Monday August 17.

A paper factory at Madhyabindu Municipality in the district has resumed operation following a halt of two years. Established in 2018, the industry named Quality Paper Industries Pvt Ltd makes use of paper waste and local raw materials, said Suresh Kumar Gupta, chairperson of the industry, adding that in the first phase, it will prioritise […]

Taiwanese buyers turned to imported containerized ferrous scrap from the United States West Coast over the past week due to the absence of Japanese scrap in the market.

Prices for bulk cargoes of steel scrap imported to Bangladesh jumped over the last seven days following two fresh deals from the United States West Coast, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday August 13.

Markets across the board were in consolidation mode this morning, Thursday August 13, with metals and Asian-Pacific equities mixed, while pre-market major western equity index futures were weaker.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ UK aluminium scrap price assessments for August 12 will be delayed because of a technical issue.

Fastmarkets has corrected its antimony max 100 ppm Bi, in-whs Rotterdam price, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday August 12 due to an error.

Increased choppiness in the base metals in recent days suggests the bullish and bearish camps are getting more balanced and a new fight for supremacy is unfolding.