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Aerospace and Defense

Our coverage: unmatched market knowledge
Fastmarkets offers a holistic view of metals globally, covering a comprehensive range of price assessments.

Structural materials

  • Aluminium (P1020A, 6063/6060, 0610, scrap)
  • copper (concentrate, grade A cathode, rod)
  • nickel (plate, briquette; ore and alloy scrap 330, 310, 309)
  • Steel (Hot-rolled coil, Cold-rolled coil, plate, Hot-dipped galvanized)
  • & others

Electronic and battery raw materials

  • Neodymium & Praseodymium (oxide)
  • Dysprosium (metal & oxide)
  • Yttrium oxide & others
  • Graphite (amorphous, flake, electrodes)
  • Lithium (hydroxide & monohydrate, carbonate)
  • & others

Alloys and specialty metals

  • Titanium (bar, plate sheet, including Ti 6AL-4V)
  • Germanium
  • Tungsten
  • Cobalt (alloy & standard grade)
  • Gallium
  • Ferro-chrome (HC, LC, charge chrome)
  • Ferro-nickel (20–25% Ni contained)
  • Manganese
  • Vanadium pentoxide
  • & others

Comprehensive coverage covering raw materials critical for aerospace, maritime, armaments, electronics systems and avionics

Fastmarkets provides you with essential price data, news and analysis across global industry supply chains. With an expansive set of price assessments including including steel, titanium, aluminium, germanium, rare earths and high temperature alloying agents, Fastmarkets is the strategic partner for the growing defense industry.

Access trusted pricing, forecasts, and news in one unified view to make smarter sourcing decisions, plan ahead with confidence, and stay prepared for sudden market shifts. With Fastmarkets, you turn volatility into strategic advantage.

Your challenge: managing an evolving procurement landscape
As demand for limited supplies of critical materials increases, high tech manufacturers and defense contractors will increasingly face age-old challenges more than ever:

Volatile feedstock prices

Rare earth and specialty metal price opacity

Lack of insight into market conditions

Supply chain disruptions

Your response: transparent pricing in opaque markets
Our customers don’t think, they act. Fastmarkets provide a set of tools designed for volatile and guarded markets. When supply is essential and materials limited, price intelligence is one of your most valuable tools.
React to the market

Keep up with shifting supply chains and geopolitics using the latest industry coverage

Plan ahead with short term forecasts, accessing world-class commentary and IOSCO-compliant cost modelling.

Develop market intelligence

Consolidate all pricing, news, and forecasting needs on one platform

Retain a clear outlook of metal supply chains

Control costs

Benchmark supplier offers with transparent Fastmarkets data

Negotiate confidently using cost-of-production insights and feedstock differentials

Utilize comprehensive coverage

Monitor price assessments for dozens of high-tech inputs

Get instant alerts for price changes, breaking news, and updated forecasts

Decades in the Making
With 130 years of heritage covering metals pricing, Fastmarkets is the go-to source for accurate, trusted and fair price assessments for more than 6000 graded commodities.
Short- and Long-term forecasts

Plan with confidence. Anticipate price movements and supply chain risks with trusted market intelligence.

In-depth market analysis

Decades of exposure, at your disposal. Get the latest insights from our industry-leading experts.

Breaking news

Your pulse-check for the industry. Access the latest reporting and commentary covering rare earths, specialty metals and structural materials.

Flexible data

All your prices, all on one screen. Access price data, news and forecasts in the Fastmarkets Dashboard.

Daily and weekly price assessments

Transparency of pricing at your fingertips. Ensure you pay a fair price with comprehensive pricing data, reported daily and weekly.

Leading coverage for high tech firms
Daily & weekly price assessments

Access to real-time and historical pricing for key materials

Short-term & long-term forecasts

Expert projections for critical minerals, tungsten, aluminium and steel, up to 2 years ahead.

In-depth market analysis

Regular reports and commentary on market trends, regulatory updates, supply/demand dynamics, and policy impacts.

Proprietary data & indices

Access to exclusive Fastmarkets indices and data series

Access to experts

Opportunities for direct engagement with our market analysts.

Customizable data delivery

Receive data in formats that seamlessly integrate with your existing systems (e.g., API, dashboards, reports, Excel add-in).

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Our customers don’t guess – they act. Fastmarkets Aerospace & Defense package gives you the critical market intelligence you need to navigate evolving global markets with:

  • Independent & trusted news & pricing 
  • Short & long-term forecasting data
  • Comprehensive regulatory analysis  

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Navigate uncertainty and make business decisions with confidence using our price data, forecasts and critical intelligence.

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Fastmarkets combines the commodity intelligence of these familiar names:

Metal Bulletin • American Metal Market • Scrap Price Bulletin • Industrial Minerals • RISI • FOEX • The Jacobsen • Agricensus • Palm Oil Analytics • Random Lengths • Hardwood Market Report • FastMarkets and more