USMCA-driven localization is strengthening automotive supply chains, improving resilience and reducing certain cost risks. But as production spans multiple stages across the US–Mexico corridor, OEMs need clearer visibility into how costs build across regions to maintain margin control.

Here are the key takeaways from market participants on US ferrous scrap metal prices, market confidence, inventory and more from our June survey.

The assessment, which currently follows the UK holiday calendar, will follow the Singapore holiday calendar after the proposed change. There will be no change to the publication timing, and the assessment will continue to be published weekly on Wednesdays, at 7pm Singapore time. The purpose of the adjustment is to align the timing to the […]

The publication of Fastmarkets’ aluminium scrap price assessments for the Mexico market was delayed on June 1 due to a technical error in the publication process.

The following price was affected:MB-STE-0909 Steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Saudi Arabia, riyals/tonne The price was published with a delay of 42 minutes on June 1. This price is part of the Fastmarkets steel package. For more information, or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price, or if you would like […]

Fastmarkets has deleted the assessments on May 22 of the aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premiums, ddp Germany and ddp Eastern Europe, that were published in error due to a procedural lapse.

Fastmarkets will increase the frequency of the normalization coefficient used for its daily mid-grade iron ore indices from Tuesday June 2.

Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for its proposed changes to the copper concentrates TC/RC index cif Asia Pacific and is also proposing the normalization of gold and silver payables within the index calculation.

Fastmarkets will launch a new weekly price assessment for tungsten unwrought metal bar, 99.8% min W, spot price, CIF main ports Europe, US, Japan $ per kg on Friday May 29.

An interview with Assistant Secretary, Michael Cadenazzi at the Department of War, as it is known, and Zach Boykin, the department's technical director for strategic and critical minerals with Andrea Hotter for the Fast Forward podcast.