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

What impact does the merger have on the Brazilian and Mexican packaging markets?

A new platform launched by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) could see a collective order of 2 million short tons of green steel from major companies, propelling the North American steel industry’s decarbonization push

The price increases have been driven by buying activity from China-affiliated firms and India, sources said