Aluminium import arbitrage, $/tonne

Fastmarkets will launch a monthly price assessment for graphite flake 94% C, -100 mesh, cif US ports, $/tonne on Thursday October 3.

The price of standard-grade cobalt has fallen to its lowest so far this year in the week ending Friday September 20, on slow demand and continued oversupply.

Investing in scrap processing capacity will be a key factor for the aluminium industries in Europe and North America in securing enough suitable scrap to decarbonize their primary alloys, industry sources said at Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium conference in Athens, Greece.