Fastmarkets’ United States offices will be closed on Friday April 15 in observance of Good Friday. There will be no separate AMM Daily Newsletter or AMM Scrap Settlements newsletter dated Tuesday April 19, although automated newsletters will still be available via the Fastmarkets Dashboard.

Andrea Hotter speaks with the US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, about the protracted metals and mining permitting process and its impact on the supply of critical minerals for the energy transition

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States remained above $74 per hundredweight in the second week of April, with steady demand for spot material and restricted supply bolstering the hot-band price

The publication of Fastmarkets’ monthly Southeast Asia lead premium assessments on Tuesday April 5 was delayed due to a reporter error.

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its iron ore indices, via an open consultation process between March 2 and March 31, 2022. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

David Becker discusses the way to lock in future leather prices using a financial product

Fastmarkets has corrected its iron ore monthly average prices, which were published with incorrect dates on April 4, 2022, due to an error.

Like many other commodities, ferro-chrome prices in Europe reacted swiftly and sharply to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and have continued to do so for several weeks

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on its pricing methodologies for its Northern Europe and United States hot-rolled coil indices as part of its annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for the following assessments: steel cold-rolled coil, fob mill US; steel hot-dipped galvanized coil (cold-rolled base), fob mill US; and steel cut-to-length plate carbon grade, fob mill US.