European industrial production is struggling due to high interest rates, rising energy costs and inflation, but with the German economy hit particularly hard, market participants in the base metals sector are worried that the EU powerhouse might fall into a recession

China’s granting of the first export licenses under its new controls on gallium and germanium, hafnium’s paused price increase and indium metal market fundamentals are likely to be topics of discussion throughout LME Week, which runs October 9-13

High interest rates, softening house price appreciation and sluggish home sales are beginning to affect the home improvement market

We take a deeper dive into the impact of the merger on local paper packaging markets in Latin America

PfR prices rose with European buyers’ efforts to limit the gap between domestic and export prices

Spot trading in the copper concentrate market was inactive in the week to Friday September 29, with Chinese participants in holiday mode ahead of China’s weeklong break for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (September 29-October 6)

Bears out of hibernation ahead of October ferrous scrap trade

Demand for P&W papers remained soft in a typically strong period of sales for the industry, prompting Billerud to postpone October price increases

Aluminium premiums in Asia and the United States were little changed in the week to Tuesday September 26, while premiums in Europe declined across the board

China’s aluminium industry can expect to see growing demand from the downstream packaging sector, Fastmarkets understands, after the government proposed to speed up the use of aluminium foil in food packaging