Three years of war have reshaped the critical metals markets. In the first of a two-part report, we look at how overlapping conflicts have reverberated through supply chains critical to defense and civilian industries.

Why attend Fastmarkets Battery Raw Materials Shanghai 2025 Join Fastmarkets in China, the world’s epicenter of battery production, and explore the cutting-edge innovations and immense market opportunities in the country’s electric vehicle and energy storage systems sectors. Below, we gathered some of the main reasons why representatives from the whole battery raw materials supply chain […]

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Structural steel demand in the US is stable in a year beset by market uncertainty, attendees at a trade conference told Fastmarkets, with onshoring and reshoring of manufacturing in the US and demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted as long-term drivers.

Read Fastmarkets' monthly base metals market for May 2025 focusing on raw materials including copper, nickel aluminium, lead, zinc and tin.

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Discover the factors driving Argentina's dependence on pulp and paper imports and its effects on local market stability.

The copper concentrates benchmark faces historic uncertainty as market participants gather for LME Week 2025, with potential for negative treatment and refining charges and growing regional divergence shaping the next phase of copper pricing.

Li-Cycle has successfully closed on an upsized loan from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of the its Rochester Hub Project, the company announced alongside its third-quarter earnings report on Thursday November 7.

Asia is leading the global transformation in battery raw materials and recycling. From Indonesia’s nickel strength to India and Vietnam’s lithium expansion, and Korea and Japan’s dominance in cathode and midstream technologies, the region is surging with innovation and investment. With rising demand for ESS and EVs, fast-growing black mass recycling, and accelerating non-China sourcing […]