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    • Spodumene production in Australia and Canada rose in the second quarter of 2025, with most producers maintaining profitability despite falling prices. However, several high-cost operations remain inactive amid ongoing market uncertainty.
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    • The global ferroalloys industry, a foundational component of steel production for decades, is shifting to a new state of balance driven by the accelerating green energy revolution, industry sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 23.
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    • Electra Battery Materials Corp announced on Thursday July 31 that it is starting metallurgical testing on cobalt feedstocks at its historic Cobalt Camp in Ontario and at its Iron Creek, Idaho cobalt and copper project to expand North American supply of critical minerals contained in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).
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    • This consultation, which is open until September 5, 2025, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency. You can […]
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    • Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-STE-0028 daily steel HRC index, domestic, exw Northern Europe that was published incorrectly on Thursday August 7. The first paragraph was erroneously written as “Fastmarkets’ calculation of the daily steel HRC index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was €576.25 ($661.17) per tonne on August 7 up by €4.17 from […]
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    • The forecast for the new wheat crop in Australia improved as rain finally brought relief to most of the producing regions in the country, Fastmarkets learned.
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    • Fastmarkets, a leading global provider of commodity pricing, news and market intelligence, has launched three additional weekly heavy rare earth product prices in Europe, building on the success of the first Gadolinium Oxide 99.99%-99.999% ex-warehouse Rotterdam price introduced in May. The new additions include: Ramón Barúa Costa, CEO of Aclara Resources, emphasized the significance of […]
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    • Find out how the GCC region's recycled containerboard prices have trended in July, reflecting steady market conditions.
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    • The following prices were affected: CB-CC-0001 REDD+ Latin America, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0002 REDD+ v19 differential, Latin America, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0003 REDD+ v20 differential, Latin America, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0004 REDD+ v21 differential, Latin America, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0005 REDD+, Sub-Saharan Africa, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0006 REDD+ v19 differential, Sub-Saharan Africa, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0007 REDD+ v20 differential, Sub-Saharan Africa, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0008 REDD+ v21 differential, Sub-Saharan Africa, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0009 REDD+, Southeast Asia, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0010 REDD+ v19 differential, Southeast Asia, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0011 REDD+ v20 differential, Southeast Asia, $/tCO2eCB-CC-0012 REDD+ […]
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    • Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for European graphic paper, as part of its announced annual methodology review process.
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