Fastmarkets has launched MB-NI-0253 nickel sulfate, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per tonne and MB-NI-0254 nickel sulfate premium, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per tonne on Friday September 1.

Economic stimulus policies put in place by the government of China will be key to sustaining price rises among base metals in the coming quarters, Daria Efanova, head of research at UK-based services provider Sucden Financial, said during the company’s third-quarter metals webinar on Wednesday, August 2

The publication of Fastmarkets’ zinc and lead price assessments for Tuesday, March 1 were delayed because of a reporter error.

Nonferrous scrap export volumes from the United States rose in October, with decreases in used beverage cans (UBCs), nickel and zinc scrap being offset by increases in aluminium, copper and lead scrap, according to the latest data from the US Department of Commerce. In year-to-date comparisons, however, only exports of aluminium scrap declined

With China's domestic producers increasing or expanding their capacities, the supply of gallium in the Chinese market is gradually rising. But due to uncertainties in the new year's export control policies and insufficient downstream demand, the market might face a more severe oversupply in 2024, according to sources

Read the full transcript from episode 1, season 2 of Fast Forward podcast with Andrea Hotter, featuring William Adams, Gracelin Baskaran, Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes and Ben Steinberg.