Strict Covid-19 restrictions are stifling packaging demand in China and triggering production curbs for recycled containerboard producers

The ball is in the sellers’ court, but time is on the buyers’ side in the Chinese pulp market

OCC import prices surges again but Asian buyers believe the price spike is unsustainable

Low-priced offers of steel billet from China have significantly depressed sentiment in the key Southeast Asian steel market, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 25

Demand for old corrugated container falls in Southeast Asia and triggers sharp price drops for imports from Europe, Japan and the US. Have the prices hit rock bottom?

After six years of prosperity, China’s steel industry has entered a new era with excessive supply and declining demand, and where it is overly financialized, according to Han Weidong, vice president of leading Chinese steel pipe maker Youfa Group

Blast furnace (BF)-based steelmaking capacity in Southeast Asia could balloon by 25% over the next few years with the emergence of new projects, the South East Asia Iron & Steel Institute (Seaisi) said recently

India's push toward the beneficiation of low-grade iron ore could result in new trade patterns emerging in the future if implemented, market sources told Fastmarkets this week

Fresh infrastructure projects in Bangladesh will drive significant steel demand and make doing business in the country easier in the coming years, Tapan Sengupta, the deputy managing director of steelmaker Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview

Increasing urbanization around the world is one of the main factors driving appetite for green and sustainable steel, Abednedju Giovano Warani Sangkaeng, president director of Indonesian steelmaker Gunung Raja Paksi (GRP), told Fastmarkets in an interview