Fastmarkets is changing the way it calculates its daily hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US, to align its methodology with other Fastmarkets indices.

Following a consultation period and market feedback, Fastmarkets will proceed with a comprehensive update of its stainless steel scrap prices to bring them in line with its global price reporting agency standards.

An ongoing European energy crisis and growing fears of a looming economic recession have US steel producers considering what role they may play in an unstable steel demand outlook

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets is decreasing the frequency of its cfr China steel billet price assessment to once per week, from twice per week, from Tuesday October 18

Fastmarkets is proposing to change its aluminium premiums methodology to reflect its decision to follow international sanction guidelines on the inclusion of brands.

The energy crisis roiling Europe as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to last longer than the coming winter, although efforts to secure alternative supplies are expected to eventually prove fruitful

Fastmarkets has corrected its zinc SHG ingot premium fca Malaysia, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday October 18, due to an error.

Aluminium premium offers reported to Fastmarkets in the United States rose in some instances and fell in others in a contradictory, initial reaction to news of a possible US ban on aluminium imports from Russia that broke last week

Fastmarkets is increasing the frequency of its nickel sulfate price assessments, cif China, Japan and Korea, to weekly from monthly, with the first weekly price assessments to be published on Friday October 21.

Premiums for copper cathode imported into China surged during the week to Friday October 14, following the country’s National Day holidays, reaching its highest recorded level since Fastmarkets started tracking the market in 2015