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 proposes to discontinue its steel heavy plate, 8-50mm, export, fob Black Sea, CIS price assessment (MB-STE-0013) due to substantially reduced market activity.

US sustainable steelmaking will need at least 10.4 million short tons of scrap per year by 2024. With supply tightening, could a new commodity supercycle be on the horizon?

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

The country is expected to ship a total of 7.9 million tonnes of soybeans this month

US ferrous scrap dealers shared concerns about the domestic market’s outlook, citing market chatter that cut and shredded scrap prices could fall in the upcoming trade despite shrinking flows into recycling yards

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

Seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellet prices fell during the week to Friday July 15 amid limited demand from steelmakers, market sources said

The Shanghai Futures Exchange copper price used in Fastmarkets’ base metals arbitrage calculation on Friday July 15 has been amended due to an unprecedented market change.