Fastmarkets hosted an insightful webinar on the future of southern yellow pine and its potential impact on the North American lumber industry. For those who missed it, here's a breakdown of the key takeaways

This development represented buyers’ efforts to keep the gap between domestic and export prices from getting too wide, but the hikes ultimately did little to narrow the gap

Despite the precarious condition of the European pulp market, there have been some price increases for bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp and northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp

With increasing volumes of shredded scrap being exported from the US West Coast, Fastmarkets is launching a shredded scrap export index to balance its ferrous scrap exports offering from the US East and West Coasts

China’s premium for copper cathode imports increased after the country’s golden week holiday from September 29 to October, supported amid favorable import conditions, while the premium in the US copper market came under pressure due to excess supply, sources said

The merger will set new paper packaging market leaders in the region, said Fastmarkets’ analyst

The paper packaging giant’s announcement comes amidst reports of more projects being delayed or canceled

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