Fastmarkets proposes to increase the publishing frequency of its Pakistan shredded steel scrap import index from weekly to twice per week.

Fastmarkets has corrected its price assessments for stainless steel scrap 409 and 430 bundles delivered to mill, Pittsburgh, which were published incorrectly on Monday March 11.

Weak demand in both the UK domestic and export steel scrap markets has created a glut of supply and brought a raft of cheaper offer prices into British steelmakers for monthly delivery settlements in March, trade sources told Fastmarkets in the week ended Tuesday March 12

The recent decline in spot copper concentrates treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) is startling, with Fastmarkets’ indices falling 38.87% month on month to a record low in February and still falling. But what lies behind the slump, and can anything be done to halt the slide? Fastmarkets investigates

Fastmarkets proposes to launch a weekly assessment for laterite ore with 1.3% nickel content, cif China, $/tonne.

Seaborne manganese ore prices to China rose further in the week to Friday March 8, following fresh deals in the higher and lower-grade markets

Recovery in global aluminium demand depends on interest rates, mainly in the United States and Europe, while the global scenario remains challenging

The ferro-alloys sector in China has shown a muted response to the country’s economic targets set for 2024 and laid out in the government work report released by Premier Minister Qiang Li on Tuesday March 5 in Beijing, industry sources have told Fastmarkets

What is the outlook for key raw materials in the construction industry in 2024, including steel, scrap, aluminium and lumber?

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the MB-CO-0004 cobalt alloy grade and MB-CO-0005 cobalt standard grade prices.