The Inflation Reduction Act in the United States may ironically cause global metal market prices to rise for some metals used in electric vehicles (EVs), Fastmarkets sources said

Globalization, financialization and other key differences in today’s metals markets make comparisons to past periods of inflation potentially misleading. Fastmarkets experts discuss.

An alarming drop in water levels in Germany’s Rhine River and other key waterways in Europe has led to massively strained logistics in shipping commodities across Europe, driving up costs and exacerbating material supply, sources told Fastmarkets

The aluminium packaging sector has continued to report robust demand and financial results despite the weaker market conditions that have hobbled some other aluminium end-users

Austrian aluminium producer AMAG and German automotive manufacturer Audi have developed a recycled aluminium material for vehicle wheels to be put into series production, it was announced on Wednesday, August 3.

The European aluminium market will face further uncertainty over the coming months amid high energy prices, low inventories and weaker premiums, Norsk Hydro chief financial officer Pål Kildemo told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview on Friday July 22

Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) has become the first major American steel producer to enter the aluminium business, announcing on Tuesday July 19 that it will build North America’s first aluminium rolling mill in 40 years

History tells us that aluminium smelters close or curtail capacity when energy prices peak – is 2022 any different or will the same old patterns play out? Andrea Hotter looks to the past to help us think about the future

Fastmarkets is increasing the frequency of its primary foundry alloy (PFA) silicon 7 ingot premiums in Europe from monthly to twice a month.

The world’s top aluminium producer released a plan on Friday July 15 spelling out its climate-care goals, which were announced in late June, in an attempt to heed China’s call and be at the forefront of the global work toward a sustainable future