Line-up data for Argentina’s ports shows a fixture of corn destined to travel to South Africa in the first such bulk move in just over...

The premium hard coking coal price stayed largely flat in both the cfr and fob markets on Friday April 9 due to weak demand from end-users, market sources told Fastmarkets.

Europe looks to regionalize battery supply chains to capitalize on EV growth.

Total crude steel output across 64 major producer countries was 150.2 million tonnes in February 2021, down by 8% month on month but up by 4% from February 2020, the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) said on March 23.

The Shanghai Futures Exchange’s plans to list ferro-chrome futures, potentially this year, will bring welcomed hedging opportunities and may weaken the dominance of China’s stainless steel mills in the ore and alloy markets, participants told Fastmarkets.

Market growth and decarbonization collide to create an unclear future for steelmaking

China increased refined and unrefined copper imports by over 31% year on year in 2020, whereas scrap inflow shrank significantly, reflecting the import policy change for waste products that came into force at the end of the year.

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South African manganese miner Assmang has declared force majeure on some shipments after state transport provider Transnet issued the same notice last week.

Mining and metals producer Assmang has declared force majeure on its medium-carbon ferro-manganese production in South Africa, a source told Fastmarkets this week.