The 2025 Fastmarkets Lithium Conference in Las Vegas highlighted critical issues shaping the battery supply chain, including lithium oversupply, funding struggles and the need for midstream investment. Discussions also emphasized the importance of interdependence with China and the challenges faced by recyclers amid policy uncertainty and market headwinds.

Discover the key insights, forecasts, and industry dynamics shaping the future of aviation fuel and learn how these mandates will impact the global landscape.

Tariff concerns and opaque import regulations dominated discussions among aluminium and copper scrap market participants at the 2025 ASEAN Recycling Metals International Conference held in Thailand on June 18-20.

Global mining major Rio Tinto has sharpened its focus on lithium, betting not just on traditional hard rock or brine evaporation but on an emerging technology that could reshape the industry - direct lithium extraction (DLE)

The automotive industry's embrace of the pioneering steelmaking technology of tailored welded blanks to make hot stamped door rings has reached a break-out point with annual output volumes expected to double over the next five years

Leading European steelmaker ArcelorMittal has scrapped a planned EAF-DRI project in Germany due to the poor economic environment and a “lack of economic viability,” the company said on June 19.

During London Climate Action Week, we highlight a key factor in the UK's leadership on climate action: its high corporate carbon productivity.

Japanese steel major Nippon Steel is aiming to hit its 2050 goal of carbon neutrality by focusing on hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (DRI) to make a breakthrough in green steel production, the company said on Friday May 30.

The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will be implemented in seven months’ time but the region’s steel industry was still not fully prepared for the gradual changes the system will involve, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday May 8 at the Made in Steel trade fair in Milan, Italy.

Discover how President Trump's tariffs impact the US fluff pulp export market, specifically targeting the EU and China.