Copper prices have rocketed over the past year, but Myra Pinkham asks market analysts whether present drivers will continue to support them in the longer term.

Seaborne iron ore prices rose on Monday May 31 amid support from increasing billet prices in China over the weekend and a potential easing of restrictions on steelmaking in Tangshan.

Australia expects the iron ore price to stay above $100 per tonne until late 2021 - instead of mid-2021 as it said in a previous report - and decrease to $72 per tonne by the end of 2026.

Fastmarkets reporters present the key themes and discussion points from the Lithium Supply and Markets online conference, which was held online on October 26-28.

Iron ore prices continued their downtrend on Wednesday March 31, with trading sentiment still depressed amid low liquidity at ports, sources said.

Here are the key takeaways from Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium Conference that took place on Monday September 21-Wednesday September 23.

The aluminium industry neither deserves nor can afford the shock that would come from the United States' reintroduction of Section 232 tariffs on imports from Canada, according to Aluminum Association president and chief executive officer Tom Dobbins.

Mining major BHP and China’s Baowu Steel Group are exploring new approaches of conducting iron ore transactions, including the adoption of payments in renminbi and blockchain technology.

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday June 1 that are worth another look.

European copper producer Aurubis has begun the process to gain the International Copper Alliance’s (ICA) Copper Mark at its metal processing facility in Pirdop, Bulgaria, it said on Friday July 24.