Scrap and secondary

How scrap metals and recyclable materials are driving the circular economy

Global scrap and secondary prices have never been more unpredictable. Recyclable materials are in high demand as the world shifts toward building a more sustainable future. Fastmarkets has been helping businesses across the supply chain by providing global, industry-leading coverage, for over 1,400 scrap metal prices, including steel, aluminum, and copper for over 130 years.

Whether you buy, sell or trade in the scrap and secondary markets, our IOSCO-compliant, transparent and benchmarked price data can help you to understand the forces driving market volatility, and act with confidence.

Keep track of the developments impacting the scrap markets, with regular market updates from our global team of industry experts giving you a clearer view of price trends and availability worldwide.

With our independent market coverage into the ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals markets, you can trust that you have an unbiased, forward-looking view of the market to help future-proof your business strategy. You’ll also get access to historical price trends in the Fastmarkets fully customizable platform to help it all make sense.

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What’s happening in the scrap and secondary markets?

Scrap markets are extremely volatile and what happens in one region can affect prices along the global supply chain. Stay ahead of the market with our scrap and secondary prices, news, forecasts and economic analysis.

Weak demand in both the UK domestic and export steel scrap markets has created a glut of supply and brought a raft of cheaper offer prices into British steelmakers for monthly delivery settlements in March, trade sources told Fastmarkets in the week ended Tuesday March 12

Static discounts for copper scrap remained prevalent in the US for most of 2023, while expectations of growth in the long term held

Ferrous scrap prices in main Mexican markets dropped sharply in the week to Tuesday February 6 – their third consecutive weekly decrease – amid weak sentiment, Fastmarkets understands

Secondary aluminium markets in Europe should be significantly influenced by the availability of scrap through this year, with the rate of exports to Asia from Europe playing a key role in shaping price trends for ingot, according to industry sources

Demand for ferrous scrap rises in North America is surging and competition in the region for scrap and iron metallics is hotting up

What’s the market sentiment for December? Read on for a summary of the results of our US ferrous scrap market survey for December, or click here to download your copy of the full US Scrap Trends Outlook for December 2023. The US ferrous scrap market is hotting up in winter months Significantly depressed scrap flows […]

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