Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday October 7 that are worth another look.

Chinese cobalt producer GEM Co Ltd has signed a cobalt supply contract with Switzerland-based miner-trader Glencore, locking in cobalt hydroxide supply for the next five years, the companies announced on October 7.

China is still on holiday this morning, Monday October 7, and quiet trading has resulted in fairly mixed prices across the metals and broader markets.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday October 4 that are worth another look.

Weak data out of the United States, on top of generally weak data globally, is keeping most markets rangebound and the focus today will be on the US employment report.

A few changes and additions to the Random Lengths lumber and panel guides take effect with this issue. In the lumber price guide, the deduct price range for Western S-P-F Std&Btr 2×4 random dimension has been retired. This deduct range, which was published in footnotes on pages 5 and 6, was from the #2&Btr price. […]

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday October 3 that are worth another look.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday October 2 that are worth another look.

The publication of the ferro-chrome lumpy Cr charge quarterly, basis 52% Cr (and high carbon), delivered Europe, settlement was delayed because of a processing error.

Weak manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data out across major economies on Tuesday October 2 dampened the tone across most markets, with money rotating into havens.