Get started

Our insights

Discover our global market insights into commodity markets. See what's trending in the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new generation energy markets.

Search all the latest market insights and coverage
    • Argentina’s weekly soybean, corn sales up for 2024-25 but down for old crop; wheat sales rise
      Sales of Argentine soybeans and corn rose for the 2024/25 marketing year but fell for 2023/24 in the week to July 31, while wheat sales increased week on week across both crop years, according to data released by Argentina’s agriculture secretariat on Wednesday August 7.
      August 12, 2024
       · 
      By Victor Gusmao
      Insights
    • Tape, Electronics, Hardware
      Battery raw materials market update August 2024
      Read Fastmarkets' monthly battery raw materials market update for August 2024, focusing on raw materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and more
      August 12, 2024
       · 
      By the Fastmarkets team
      Insights
    • Car, Transportation, Vehicle
      Slowing global demand for EVs hits South Korean battery producer revenues
      Slowing global demand for electric vehicles (EVs) seriously dented the second-quarter revenues of South Korea's key battery producers, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 9
      August 12, 2024
       · 
      By Zihao Li
      Insights
    • Car, Transportation, Vehicle
      Tin demand poised for long-term boom despite easing prices
      Supply headwinds in the tin market so far in 2024 and the recent sell-off in the futures market show that demand is recovering more slowly than anticipated because of the poor macro-economic climate, but in the long-term, market participants still expect demand to grow due to the energy transition
      August 12, 2024
       · 
      By Yiwen Ju
      Insights
    • Alloy Wheel, Car, Car Wheel
      Expectations for improved aluminium demand supported by automotive recovery
      The automotive industry in Japan, a major contributor to aluminium demand, had been hit with a series of headwinds in the first half of 2024, hampering its long-anticipated recovery. But market participants still expect the automotive industry to support a recovery in aluminium demand
      August 12, 2024
       · 
      By Chay Chye Leng
      Insights
    • Steel, Aluminium, Blade
      When will green steel take off in the US?
      Green steel premiums in the US are off to a slow start, compared to the figures mills are collecting in Europe and Asia
      August 12, 2024
       · 
      By the Fastmarkets team
      Insights
    • Proposal to discontinue certain US tubular prices
      Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its price assessments for MB-STE-0561 steel ERW line pipe (X65), fob mill US, $/short ton; MB-STE-0873 steel ERW line pipe (X70), fob mill US, $/short ton; MB-STE-0852 steel welded LSAW line pipe API 5L X65 US $/tonne; MB-STE-0853 steel welded HSAW line pipe API 5L X65 US $/tonne; MB-STE-0022 steel ERW standard pipe A53 Grade A, fob mill US, $/short ton and MB-STE-0056 steel ERW standard pipe A53 Grade A import, cif Houston, $/short ton.
      August 9, 2024
       · 
      By Dan Hilliard, Mark Burgess
      Insights
    • Sphere, Pebble, Rock
      SGX iron ore 65% Fe contract sets new daily traded record
      The Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) 65% Fe iron ore derivatives contract – which is settled against Fastmarkets’ daily index for iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao – set a new record for traded volumes at 1.22 million tonnes in a single day, according to SGX published data on Thursday August 8
      August 9, 2024
       · 
      By Norman Fong, Zdravko Cherkezov
      Insights
    • Adult, Male, Man
      The rise of the lithium futures market
      This paper, originally published in the Bayes Business School's Commodity Insights Digest, explores the performance and trajectory of the lithium futures market, which emerged to manage price volatility in the booming lithium industry
      August 9, 2024
       · 
      By Przemek Koralewski
      Insights
    • MENA steel suppliers well positioned to grab bigger share of EU market during green transition
      Suppliers from the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) widely expect to gain market share in the European flat steel market in the coming years as a result of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and an anti-dumping probe again Asian suppliers, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday August 8.
      August 9, 2024
       · 
      By Julia Bolotova, Serife Durmus, the Fastmarkets team
      Insights
    Top stories across markets
    Machine, Spoke, Wheel
    Policy changes shake up global EV market while China speeds ahead | 2025 preview

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

    January 2, 2025
     · 
    By: Alexandra Chapman
    Field, Grassland, Nature
    Why Fastmarkets tallow prices are a game changer for the biofuel industry 

    What if the success of your biofuel operations hinged on a single variable—tallow prices?

    January 2, 2025
     · 
    By: Ryan Standard
    Cargo, Transportation, Vehicle
    What will happen to rare earth markets in 2025?

    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 […]

    December 27, 2024
     · 
    By: Caroline Messecar
    Early publication of US agricultural products price assessments

    Fastmarkets will publish price assessments at 12:00pm CT on Tuesday December 24 for US animal fats and oils, animal proteins, biomass-based diesel, hide and leather, grain and feed ingredients, organic/non-GMO, and vegetable oils.

    December 23, 2024
     · 
    By: Chloe Krimmel
    Load More
    Key topics and special interest hubs

    Browse our special interest content hubs to get deeper insights into the biggest issues across commodity markets

    2025 outlooks
    Outdoors, Engine, Machine
    Trade policies
    Flag, Architecture, Building
    Critical minerals
    Mineral, Accessories, Gemstone
    Green steel
    low carbon steel. green steel metal bridge structure for support trains
    Recycling batteries
    Electric car charge sign with wind turbines on background
    Supply chains
    Procurement insights
    Find out more
    Methodology

    We recognize the importance of being clear about our price assessment and index process. Our independently audited pricing process aligns with core IOSCO principles. Find out how our price reporters and analysts assess and forecast prices in agriculture, forest products and metals

    Learn more
    Purple, Texture, Lighting
    Fast Forward podcast

    The definitive podcast for the critical minerals and battery raw materials markets. From uncovering market secrets to predicting future trends using Fastmarkets forecasting data, we’ve got you covered.

    Subscribe now
    Hotter Commodities

    In Hotter Commodities, special correspondent Andrea Hotter cuts to the chase on the biggest stories impacting the natural resources sector, what it means for the markets, the key risks and opportunities.

    Find out more
    Fastmarkets combines the commodity intelligence of these familiar names:

    Metal Bulletin • American Metal Market • Scrap Price Bulletin • Industrial Minerals • RISI • FOEX • The Jacobsen • Agricensus • Palm Oil Analytics • Random Lengths • Hardwood Market Report
    • FastMarkets and more

    Talk to us

    Whether you’re interested in learning how to become a customer from our sales teams or looking to get in touch with one of our reporters, we’re here for you.

    Speak to our team

    Why use a price reporting agency?

    Navigate uncertainty and make business decisions with confidence using our price data, forecasts and critical intelligence.

    Learn more