Here are the five things we learned from Helaina Matza on the energy transition policies in the US

Sustainable aviation fuels are seen by many as the answer to reducing carbon emissions. But how can the industry reach the high adoption targets set by policy makers, when supply is still lagging behind demand. In this analyisis, we look at production trends, supply sources and pricing patterns

Read the full transcript from episode one of Fast Forward podcast with Andrea Hotter, where she interviews Helaina Matza, Special Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Investment at the US Department of State

The EU's Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) and supply chain localization were hot topics of discussion for presenters at the Alkeemia Battery Forum, which runs April 10-12 in Venice, Italy

A decade after the Koniambo nickel joint venture in New Caledonia was inaugurated with great fanfare by the French president, its major industrial partner and operator, Glencore, announced it was putting the asset on care and maintenance and planned to sell its stake.

Alcoa is into the home stretch of its five-year portfolio review, which draws to a close in October, the chief executive officer of the US aluminium producer told Fastmarkets.

The biggest steel story of the decade broke over a lazy summer Sunday in August 2023 – US Steel, the legacy steel producer that was synonymous with American steelmaking for decades, announced it had received “multiple unsolicited proposals” for the acquisition of its assets, and that the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker had started a “strategic review” of its options

The supply of battery-grade manganese sulfate will switch from oversupply to deficit by 2028 despite new capacity coming online, especially outside of China, according to Fastmarkets’ most recent forecast ahead of the European Battery Raw Materials Conference in Amsterdam on September 18-20

From insights into how the battery raw materials supply chain is changing to Albemarle's bullish view of lithium demand growth, Andrea Hotter speaks at length with Eric Norris about his life, career and where Albemarle is headed next

On the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – which was signed into law on August 16, 2022 – Fastmarkets has highlighted three takeaways from the landmark legislation and its impact on battery raw materials