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Manage price risk, strengthen contract negotiations and validate your commercial approach for the Middle East with market data and expert knowledge that spans metals, agriculture, forest products and carbon supply chains.

Markets covered:

  • Forecasts across regional base metals and steel — including billet, rebar, OCTG casing, line pipe and scrap flows — backed by GCC, Turkey and UAE demand drivers.
  • Forest pricing and analysis for recovered fibre, OCC, containerboard, packaging and pulp — with new ME recycled containerboard indices coming soon.
  • Agriculture coverage spanning grains, oilseeds, feed markets and protein supply chains, plus Egypt-focused demand and trade flow analysis.
  • Direct access to industry experts who advise on feasibility studies, procurement optimisation, off-take strategies and risk management.

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Mitsui’s move into green metallics sets tone for steel’s future in Middle East

Mitsui and Kobe Steel are seeking to reinforce their position in direct-reduced iron (DRI) production in the Middle East with the construction of a low-CO2 iron metallics production plant within the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, in the Sultanate of Oman

June 6, 2023
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By: Norman Fong
Middle East steel: a stepping-stone to net zero 

The growing importance of Middle Eastern steel production and the region’s natural resources to the global decarbonization challenge 

December 7, 2021
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By: the Fastmarkets team
Ukraine’s forward sales and demand hopes support corn prices

Ukraine has already sold forward around 20% of its corn export potential in a flurry of sales that, along with concerns over the…

August 11, 2021
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By: Masha Belikova
SOUTH ASIA STEEL SCRAP: Markets steady on slow trading

Prices for shredded steel scrap imports into Pakistan and India were stable on Friday July 23 due to slow trading and public holidays, sources told Fastmarkets.

July 23, 2021
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By: Carrie Bone
Brazil’s soybean exports lose steam on waning Chinese buying

Brazilian soybean exports dropped to 11.1 million mt in June, 13% lower on the year and 26% below volumes exported in…

July 6, 2021
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By: Eduardo Tinti
FOCUS: Russian steel export tax could create billet boom in Asia

The likely introduction of an export tax on Russian semi-finished steel products could cause tight supplies and a jump in prices for steel billet in Asia over the second half of 2021, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 25.

June 25, 2021
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By: Lee Allen
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