The Random Lengths Board Composite Price has trended lower for 52 consecutive weeks, which subverts expectations

China-affiliated producers bought small volumes of US OCC imports but uncertainty still looms over a price rebound

PCA’s temporary closure of its Wallula mill is the third US containerboard capacity closure announced in 10 days

We look back at recent market changes to European and global containerboard demand and offer some expectations for the short-term future

Overcapacity in the pulp market continues to drive prices down, with Arauco announcing more price cuts for multiple grades in June

The outlook for prime hard metallurgical coal is dim, even as demand dwindles in key end user markets China and India

A wave of investment is washing across China for the construction of new copper smelting capacity, intensifying the competition to acquire raw materials to feed the rapidly growing number of furnaces, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday May 11

We interviewed Thomas Meth, president and CEO of leading industrial wood pellet producer Enviva, who discusses the future headwinds and tailwinds facing the wood pellet industry

Shanxi, a top coal-producing province in North China which has been struggling with high levels of air pollution – is on its way to becoming a green steel leader in the country following the steps it has taken to prepare for the energy transition and to upgrade its steel industry over the past decade

Yuriy Ryzhenkov, the chief executive officer of Metinvest Group, addressed Ukraine’s role in the future of the European steel industry, indicating that the country has the potential to become a primary supplier of direct-reduced iron (DRI) to Europe, Fastmarkets heard at Made in Steel in Milano