The European softwood industry is navigating a period of gradual stabilization after three years of difficult market conditions, according to outlooks presented at the 73rd International Softwood Conference in Oslo in October 2025. While both producers and traders report modest improvements, the sector faces continuing challenges, including record-high log prices, limited spruce availability, and subdued […]

Brazil’s potential for producing aluminium has not been fully explored and the country should not only focus on the domestic market, but start exporting, Luciano Alves, chief executive officer of aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA), told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview on Tuesday October 28.

Fastmarkets will discontinue its MB-STE-0422 Steel scrap No1 busheling index, delivered Midwest mill, $ per gross ton, effective January 2026.

Explore the evolving market for base metals as nickel faces competition from lithium iron phosphate alternatives.

China’s state-owned buyer purchased up to three soybean cargoes from the US this week at prices above Brazilian offers, marking the first deals for the autumn harvest, several market sources in China said on Wednesday October 29.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch western S-P-F #2&btr 2x4-2x12 delivered Vancouver and delivered Calgary; western S-P-F MSR 1650f and 2100f 2x4 and 2x6 delivered Vancouver; eastern S-P-F #1&2 2x4 and 2x6 8’-16’ specified lengths delivered Montreal; eastern S-P-F MSR 1650f and 2100f 2x4 delivered Toronto, and 1650f 2x6 delivered Toronto.

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its price indices for MB-IRO-0008 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao and for MB-IRO-0191 61% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao, which was published incorrectly on Thursday October 16. The fixed-price equivalence of several floated-price transaction concluded on a public platform were erroneously recorded in the trade log part of rationale in […]

Canada has officially designated select minerals - including graphite, scandium, and rare earths - as national security priorities under the country's Defence Production Act, providing guaranteed buyers for some domestic producers and signalling a move closer to government-backed price floors.

Fastmarkets has corrected its FP-SAP-0001 Superabsorbent polymer, delivered North America, $/lb, which was published incorrectly on October 1.

Here are the key takeaways from market participants on US ferrous scrap metal prices, market confidence, inventory and more from our November survey.