The prospects for large volume trades in China’s import steel scrap market could hinge on whether a large United Kingdom-origin bulk cargo successfully passes Chinese customs checks later this year, sources told Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets advises that some monthly regional ferrous scrap markets have not settled for July. Fastmarkets typically settles these markets on or before the 10th of the month.

Following a consultation period and market feedback, Fastmarkets has realigned its consumer buying price for ferrous scrap turnings in Detroit, effective the July 2022 monthly settlement.

A raft of bookings for steel scrap in both Turkey and Pakistan this week ahead of the Islamic holy festival of Eid al-Adha has led to an acute rise in offer prices to key Asia bulk markets, sources told Fastmarkets

Shagang Group, China's largest privately-owned steel producer in Jiangsu province, East China, has announced a 50 yuan ($7) per tonne cut to its scrap procurement prices due to lower steel scrap consumption by domestic steel mills amid thin profits or even losses, market sources said

China is working toward decarbonizing its steel industry – which accounts for around 15% of total emissions from the Chinese manufacturing sector. But several market participants believe that the road to decarbonization will be a long one

Exporters of steel scrap have continued to explore alternative destination markets for sales of deep-sea scrap cargoes because of the slump in prices in Turkey, sources said in the week ended Friday June 24

Attendees of Fastmarkets' 37th annual Steel Success Strategies conference - June 5-7 in Miami Beach, Florida - discussed an array of topics, from short-term trends to long-term ambitions to make the industry green. Here are five key takeaways

Hedging in the steel and ferrous scrap industries in the United States is still not mainstream due to nagging perception issues that contribute to misunderstandings about how it really works, according to panelists at the 37th annual Steel Success Strategies conference in early June

Fastmarkets is proposing a realignment of its consumer buying prices for No1 bundles and No1 busheling scrap in Detroit, effective from the August 2022 monthly settlement.