Aluminium premiums in Europe continued to reach new highs in the week to Tuesday May 3, while premiums in the United States, Japan and Brazil were unchanged but well supported.

Broken trade flows, inflated steel prices and the pull of decarbonization targets are changing the way US steelmakers think, plan and run their day-to-day operations. Is the US steel scrap industry coming to an end of globalization and entering a new era of domestic sovereignty?

Nucor Corp quickly navigated panic in the pig iron market, even as it took a hardline approach and ceased all purchases from Russia at the onset of its war in Ukraine

Copper and zinc made the biggest morning gains among the base metals on the London Metal Exchange on Friday, April 29, supported by the Chinese government's commitment to supporting its economy through its ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns

The European aluminium market has experienced extreme tightness so far in 2022, due to high energy costs pushing European smelters offline just when there has been strong demand and with the situation being exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Alumina produced in a sustainable way can command a premium like aluminium, panelists at Fastmarkets’ bauxite and alumina conference said on Thursday April 28

Critical shortfalls loom without new primary metals supply and better recycling in the system soon, endangering Europe’s goal of a more autonomous clean energy system, according to a new study commissioned by Eurometaux, the region’s association of metal producers

Multiple drivers are pushing and pulling copper supply and demand. Myra Pinkham reviews their impact and gathers expert opinion on what may happen next in the markets for the red metal

CME Group will launch an options contract on its physically-delivered aluminum futures on May 23, pending regulatory review, the Chicago-based exchange said

Cobalt market participants attending last week’s MMTA conference in Sheffield, UK, claimed that cobalt price rises that have supported the market since the beginning of the year will not lead to falling demand from the quickly-growing battery industry