Fastmarkets has continued the expansion of its Middle Eastern scrap price suite with the launch of an index for domestic heavy melting steel (HMS) scrap in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday August 5.

Fastmarkets has corrected its FP-PLP-0002 Bleached Hardwood Kraft, Eucalyptus, Brazil price, which was published incorrectly on June 1 due to a calculation error.

Westwin Elements, America’s first nickel refinery, has secured $1.4 billion in long-term deals with Traxys, boosting the domestic critical minerals supply chain and reducing import reliance.

Here are the key takeaways from market participants on US ferrous scrap metal prices, market confidence, inventory and more from our August survey.

Fastmarkets proposes to relaunch monthly prices for Brazil’s White #1 and White #2 recovered paper.

Understand how planned mill closures will impact linerboard price increases in the coming months and what it means for the industry.

The Mexican aluminium market is experiencing low spot activity and pricing pressure amid ongoing tariff uncertainty and heavy reliance on US trade. Market participants are watching closely for potential trade deals that could reshape the current landscape.

To increase the transparency of our methodology, Fastmarkets clarifies that qualities of these two battery-grade lithium hydroxide assessments are both coarse. You can find the updated methodology for lithium hydroxide here: https://www.fastmarkets.com/uploads/2025/05/fm-mb-lithium.pdf To provide feedback on this clarification for the battery-grade lithium hydroxide methodology please contact Zihao Li by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ MB-ALU-0003 alumina index adjustment to fob Australia index, Brazil for Thursday July 31 was delayed because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

Key takeaways: US 50% tariffs on Brazil exclude pulp, other major exporting sectors US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order implementing an additional 40% tariff on Brazil, raising the total tariff to 50%, the White House said in a statement published on Wednesday July 30. The new tariffs will take effect in seven […]