2025 commodity market outlooks

Explore 2025's market trends and insights with Fastmarkets' intelligence to shape your strategic decisions

As you kick off 2025, you’re likely ready to position your business for success in an evolving global landscape. Whether you’re in procurement, a trader or leading a business as a CEO, having a forward-looking perspective on commodity markets is essential for staying competitive and making informed decisions. 

To help you plan strategically, we’ve pulled together an in-depth collection of 2025 market outlooks across metals and mining and battery raw materials, agriculture and forest products in one place. We explore key trends including shifts in global demand, advancements in low-carbon technologies as well as the impact of trade tariffs. With these 2025 outlooks across key commodity markets, you’ll gain actionable insights to guide your business forward. Read on to discover what 2025 holds and how to prepare for what’s next. 

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

The new year is likely to show a modest pick-up in overall North American automotive production that will, in turn, boost demand for key steel product sectors, such as cold-rolled coil, galvanized sheet and special bar quality steel, according to industry analysts and market participants.

The US feedstock and biodiesel industries face significant uncertainty due to potential policy changes, including pending import tariffs, the transition from the Blenders Tax Credit to the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit, and delayed federal guidance.

Read our outlook on the EV market for 2025, including insights into how increasing production in China will shape the industry.

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Falling prices have been the dominant theme in the rare earths industry in 2024. A steep slump at the start of the year capped two years of price declines that have slashed profits and upended processing margins. Fastmarkets reached out to market experts to gather insight on the outlook for 2025 and the factors and […]

Get the key takeaways from our recent webinar on the global outlook for the battery raw materials (BRM) market in 2025.

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