The contrasting approaches to AI adoption in Asia’s energy tube and pipe industry are most visible when comparing China’s scale-driven transformation with Japan’s precision-focused strategy.

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-FEV-0001 Ferro-vanadium basis 78% V min, 1st grade, ddp Western Europe, $/kg V price, which was published incorrectly on February 27, 2026, due to a reporter error.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the methodology for its audited steelmaking raw materials indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. The consultation, which is open until Friday March 27, seeks to ensure that our audited methodologies and price specifications continue to reflect the physical markets for steelmaking raw materials, […]

Lithium hydroxide production outside China continues to encounter operational hurdles and softer downstream demand, slowing the pace at which new capacity can achieve stable commercial output.

Brazil’s government has imposed three anti-dumping measures on steel imports so far in 2026, largely targeting shipments from China and, in one case, from India

Four years after Russia’s unprovoked, attempted full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Fastmarkets examines how the war has reshaped the Ukrainian and global steel and grain markets, outlining the key challenges faced by these sectors as they have adapted and endured.

The rationale for MB-STE-0028 steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe had erroneously stated that a buyer source had reported an offer at €710-730 per tonne EXW. This has been corrected to €720-730 per tonne EXW. The published price is unaffected by this change. This price is a part of the Fastmarkets steel package. For more […]

The publication of the affected price was delayed for 2 hours 36 minutes. The following assessment was published late: MB-LI-0043 Spodumene min 6% Li2O, contract price, cif China, $/tonne This price is a part of the Fastmarkets industrial minerals package. For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price, or if […]

Fastmarkets proposes to modify its black mass price assessments for NCM black mass in CIF South Korea, CIF Southeast Asia, EXW Europe and EXW USA to bring them into closer alignment with newly-adopted Chinese import standards.

Mariana Minerals is aiming to reduce US lithium production costs by roughly 20% using software to manage plant operations, the company’s chief executive officer told Fastmarkets.