Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board this morning, Monday February 1, this despite weaker-than-expected manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data out of China over the weekend.

Fastmarkets is launching low-carbon aluminium differentials to its existing European P1020 and value-added product (VAP) premium contracts in $ per tonne to meet market demand for a low-carbon aluminium pricing mechanism.

Global ferrous scrap prices have yet to hit the buffers in their downward plunge. Buyers in Asia were holding back from purchases in the week ended Friday January 29, swooping in only for low-priced cargoes, but demand from China could support prices in the near term.

Friday’s confirmation that China had booked 2.1 million mt of US corn from the 2020/21 marketing year was among the more...

Taiwanese scrap buyers are swooping on import cargoes offered at low prices by traders desperate to offload materials amid the constant prices falls during the week to Friday January 29, markets sources told Fastmarkets.

Ongoing tight supply amid strengthening end-market demand has boosted the price for hot-rolled coil in the United States.

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A fresh USDA export sales notice indicating a large volume of sales to China sent futures rallying...

First Quantum Minerals expects to achieve higher copper production in the next three years out to 2023, driven largely by its operations in Zambia and Panama.

Here's how North American procurement professionals and packaging producers are reacting to the rise of e-commerce