2023 market outlooks

Discover what's ahead with Fastmarkets' market intelligence and insights into 2023 and beyond

From tight availability in the scrap market to the impact of Europe’s energy crisis on the global tissue market, our editorial and reporting team have taken a deep dive into what lies ahead for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new generation energy markets.

With volatility being one of the key themes in the battery materials markets for 2022, it’s all the more important to get a clear understanding of what to expect in the next 12 months. Fastmarkets can help you navigate these fast-moving markets with price data, news and market intelligence.
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With the market seemingly heading in one direction, could the opposite happen?

Copper market participants have told Fastmarkets that European demand for the red metal in 2023 is “not all doom and gloom,” although the market will face problems

The mining sector will need to get over its reticence to operate in jurisdictions with high-risk profiles in order to achieve the growth required for the move to a new generation of energy markets

Given the sharp price increases recorded by several major seaborne steel scrap markets at the start of this new year, it can be easy to forget the host of structural issues still bubbling under the surface of the trade

As energy markets adjust to an era of embargoes and biodiesel prices are expected to come down, the UK’s compliance ticket market could become less volatile

Buying appetite in China for high-purity copper scrap of overseas origin is expected to remain strong in 2023, with questions over the supply of domestic scrap in the country, and a growing trend to repurpose scrap materials as part of the decarbonization movement across the world

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