Fastmarkets is inviting feedback on its publication of the consumer buying trend for Houston ferrous scrap prices following that market’s transition away from dealer selling in January 2023.

Fastmarkets advises that, as of Friday June 9, some regional ferrous scrap prices and markets have not settled for June; Fastmarkets typically settles these markets on or before the 10th of each month.

Fastmarkets will discontinue its consumer buying assessment for steel scrap rail crops 2ft max, delivered mill Chicago, effective July 1 amid a sustained lack of liquidity for that grade in that market.

Fastmarkets has, in line with our annual methodology review process, concluded a consultation that opened on May 4, 2023, inviting feedback on our methodology for our US Midwest ferrous scrap indices.

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey (MB-STE-0416), and its index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey (MB-STE-0417), via an open consultation process between May 4 and June 5, 2023.

In contrast to the apparent widespread belief that war would lead to a surge in scrap collections in Ukraine, volumes actually fell in 2022 and are likely to fall again in 2023, according to the head of Ukranian commodities think-tank, GMK Center

The outlook for North American steel scrap prices has headed further into bearish territory ahead of June's trade, with prices for all grades expected to fall again after a round of across-the-board decreases in May

China’s steel industry is on a journey to prioritize the production of green steel in a suitable and effective way, in this article, we interview Frank Zhong, the deputy director general of World Steel Association about China's decarbonization strategy

Fastmarkets has realigned its prices for No1 busheling in the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati markets, effective with the May 2023 settlement.

Major German recycler TSR aims to supercharge scrap consumption in Europe with a high-grade scrap designed to make high-quality flat steel for sectors such as automotive, a company official told Fastmarkets on Friday April 28