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

Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for ferro-chrome high carbon 6-8.5% C, basis 65-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe remained at $1.69-2.08 per lb Cr on Tuesday, and its weekly price assessment for ferro-chrome high carbon 6-8.5% C, basis 60-64.9% Cr, max 3% Si, cif Europe held at $1.00-1.10 per lb Cr. But various challenges have plagued both steel and […]

Demand for ferrous scrap rises in North America is surging and competition in the region for scrap and iron metallics is hotting up

With China’s stringent implementation of its gallium export controls persisting through to the end of 2023 at least, 2024 looks set to become a make-or-break year for gallium market participants outside China

Key takeaways: Will pulp price rally in China? With the backdrop of a pulp price recovery taking shape in China, leading pulp and paper industry participants met last week in London, with upside risk present in the market for the first time in over a year. The strong seasonal bump for demand in China in […]

Prices to watch in 2024
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