Chilean lithium producer Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) shareholders have approved a plan to raise $1.1 billion through the sale of common stocks, the company said on Friday January 22 as part of its expansion plan across its product range, which includes lithium and other industrial chemicals.

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have eased somewhat after soaring to a record high one week ago.

A new outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in southern China, marking the first case of the disease reported...

Turkey’s state grain importer again widened the terms of an upcoming wheat tender, its second change to the terms...

Covid-19 appears to have claimed another casualty: the London Metal Exchange ring trading floor.

Rabobank will close its commodity trade finance desks in London, Shanghai and Sydney after reviewing the embattled sector last summer.

After a rapid rise of domestic steel prices across Europe in the second half of 2020, market sources have been voicing concerns that the situation will echo the scenario in 2008 of a price spike quickly followed by a sharp fall.

Trade groups representing different segments of the aluminium industry appealed to the incoming United States presidential administration to take contrary actions on the Section 232 aluminium tariffs.

Annual zinc ingot supply contracts in Northern Europe and Italy have been negotiated for 2021 at markedly lower premiums than in previous years.

United Arab Emirates producers Emirates Steel and Conares Steel have increased their rebar prices for February production with effect from Wednesday January 13.