After market feedback, Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for its proposal to discontinue MB-RUT-0003 rutile 95% TiO2 min, bulk, cif China.

Soybean oil futures slightly declined amid market uncertainty driven by confusion over US biofuels policy, executive orders, and legal challenges.

Read our outlook on the North American paper packaging market, including the reasons behind price increases and the impact of changes to trade and tariffs.

Learn about the impact China's consumer products trade-in program has had on packaging demand, with the policy set to continue in 2025.

Access our deep dive into the current state of the US kraft paper packaging market and outlook on the year ahead.

Fastmarkets is amending its holiday pricing schedule for 15 China ferrous prices in 2025.

The weaponization of critical minerals supplies due to trade tensions could lead to the kind of emergency that would provide the push that the US needs to develop its metals and mining sector, the chief executive officer of Alaska Energy Metals has said.

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets is increasing the publication frequency of two copper concentrates index coefficients — MB-CU-0422 copper concentrates counterparty spread and MB-CU-0423 copper concentrates Co-VIU — from monthly to fortnightly.

Access a snippet of the Random Lengths weekly Lumber Market Report, exploring how prices have stabilized in 2025.

Major Asian steelmakers have been striving to develop decarbonization technologies for the current blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steelmaking, given the global green steel production drive and large number of existing blast furnaces built in recent years.