Like many other commodities, ferro-chrome prices in Europe reacted swiftly and sharply to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and have continued to do so for several weeks

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on its pricing methodologies for its Northern Europe and United States hot-rolled coil indices as part of its annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for its Midwest ferrous scrap indices as part of its annual methodology review process in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (Iosco) principles for price reporting agencies.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for the following assessments: steel cold-rolled coil, fob mill US; steel hot-dipped galvanized coil (cold-rolled base), fob mill US; and steel cut-to-length plate carbon grade, fob mill US.

An industry expert has warned that in the next ten years demand for high-purity manganese is likely to exceed supply unless more attention is paid to the battery-grade metal

Russian pig iron export prices increased in the week ended Thursday March 31 amid demand in Italy, while no interest in Russia-origin pig iron was reported in other markets

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the publication time of its inferred China cobalt hydroxide price assessment from 3:00 pm London time to 3:30 pm.

Low-carbon aluminium differentials in Europe widened in March, with market participants split on how much of a premium can be achieved for the green metal.

China's base metals industry seems to be taking the biggest hit from the country's latest virus-control restrictions, with the authorities sticking with a restrictive “dynamic clearing” approach in a bid to see off the country's worst Covid-19 outbreak since early 2020.

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