2024 commodity market outlooks

Discover what's ahead with Fastmarkets' market intelligence and insights into 2024 and beyond

You’re ready to plan for the year ahead, and want your business to be more competitive and strategic than ever. Whether you work in procurement, you’re a trader or the CEO of a company, you need a forward-looking view of the commodity markets and what 2024 holds.

To help you get a better idea of how the next 12 months and beyond will look, we’ve put together several 2024 commodity market outlooks and previews across the agriculture, forest products and metals and mining spaces. From understanding evolving trends in green steel to the surge in demand for biofuels and feedstocks, as well as why demand for pulp in China is growing, we’ve got you covered. Read on below to find out more. 

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Read the latest outlooks for 2024

Browse market insights and analysis from our expert editorial team and price reporters working across the metals and mining, forest products and agriculture markets.

With China’s fluorspar prices hitting a record high in 2023, market participants in China expect export prices to fluctuate little throughout 2024, mainly due to shortage of supply

The pace of Chinese companies’ heavy investments in Indonesian nickel may slow in the new year with slumping prices eroding profitability amid additional geopolitical risks, Fastmarkets heard

The landscape surrounding the steel markets is set to shift in 2024, but will some things really change? We explore three potential twists that could reshape the steel market, alongside three things that probably won’t budge

While navigating the Asian steel markets in 2024, market participants will come up against both supply chain bright spots and demand uncertainty characterized by a sluggish Chinese property sector and green steel pressures

The steel industry has long been a symbol of global economic might. But as we peer into 2024, the landscape appears more nuanced than ever

China’s State Council has set a two-year action plan for cleaner air, and the comprehensive strategy to improve air quality will affect all key economic sectors, market sources told Fastmarkets

Prices to watch in 2024
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Read more about Mexican scrap price volatility here.

Stay up-to-date with the volatility in lithium prices here

Find out more about what’s ahead for global pulp markets here.

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