The Brazilian steel industry called for trade defense measures and integrated action in Latin America to try to contain the advancement of Chinese-origin material before moving on to more complex projects such as decarbonization, key industry market participants said at the 2024 Brazilian Steel Conference

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the pricing frequency of its three main European biodiesel assessments, both as outright prices and as premiums to the underlying gasoil contract, as well as its ultra low sulfur diesel assessment from a weekly basis to daily.

Rapidly increasing export volumes of Chinese steel sold at lower prices are significantly lowering sentiment across key global ferrous markets, trade sources told Fastmarkets the week to Thursday August 1

The newly introduced requirement of a certificate of origin and analysis when exporting aluminium from Mexico to the US is a source of concern among Mexican market participants, even if it is not expected to have a big impact on the country's domestic industry, Fastmarkets heard in the two weeks to Friday August 2

Here are the key takeaways from market participants on scrap metal prices, market confidence, inventory and more from our August survey

Fastmarkets is proposing a comprehensive overhaul of its suite of North American non-ferrous scrap dealer buying prices to improve the accuracy of its price assessments amid low levels of liquidity in select markets.

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-STE-0523 Steel scrap shredded auto scrap, consumer buying price, delivered mill, $/gross ton, weekly composite, which was published incorrectly since June 14.

China’s lithium prices continued to trend downward amid weak demand and futures weakness over the week to Thursday July 25

Considering the year's announcements, including the Cerrado project, there could be an addition of 1.1 million tonnes of new BHK capacity in the second half of 2024

Fastmarkets will launch its new suite of US black mass payable indicators on Wednesday August 7, following a one-month consultation period.