Production and sales of automobiles in China continued to fall in November from the previous month and from last year, buckling under pressure from Covid-19 but demand for electric vehicles (EVs) withstands pressure

Fastmarkets will move the permissioning of three futures contracts from NYMEX to COMEX as of January 16, 2023 to reflect changes at the exchange level.

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States hovered around $34 per hundredweight ($680 per short ton) while domestic mills continued offering hot band at the newly stabilized price

The US Midwest ferrous scrap market rebounded in December, and nothing appears to be standing in the way of more upside in January

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback on its plan to amend the calculation method of its monthly average function on the Fastmarkets platform.

Copper scrap discounts in the United States were stuck in a holding pattern on Wednesday December 7, while brass prices consolidated recent gains amid rising prices on The Commodity Exchange (Comex)

Seaborne manganese ore prices in China ticked upward in the week to Friday December 2 but doubt remained whether this was an indication of an upward trend or just a short-term shift

Fastmarkets is proposing to launch two daily indices for 67.5% Fe iron ore pellet feed to reflect the spot price of high-grade pellet feed products sold on a CFR China basis.

Fastmarkets is proposing a realignment of its consumer buying prices for No1 busheling scrap in North Carolina and South Carolina respectively, effective from the January 2023 monthly settlement.

Fastmarkets has realigned its consumer buying price for ferrous scrap machine shop turnings in Chicago, effective from the December 2022 monthly settlement.