View the Fastmarkets holiday non-ferrous pricing schedule for 2025.

Chinese authorities officially announced that they will be expanding the range of permitted recycled copper and aluminium imports from mid-November, but market participants Fastmarkets spoke to at a conference this week are not convinced that this will mean more material will be imported into the country in the short run.

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

Scrap processor TSR will supply aluminium flat-roller Novelis with high-grade European aluminium scrap that can serve as a “sustainable P1020 substitute,” a TSR executive told Fastmarkets on Thursday October 10.

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

The deadly storm may lead to a temporary near-to-medium-term uptick in steel prices, as scrap flows dwindle and the need for new steel soars, sources said. “[Original equipment manufacturers] and service centers will experience a boost in sales to rebuild from the hurricane,” one mill source said. “The rebuild includes new equipment like tree-trimming trucks, […]

UK export volumes of steel scrap to India have fallen in the current quarter, although sources in the British scrap industry said that other destinations should be able to take up the excess, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday September 25.

The recycling of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries remains at a nascent stage in Europe as we approach LME Week 2024, with weak lithium prices and a lack of buyers for LFP black mass keeping its economic viability low.

Critical metal refiner Nth Cycle became the first company in the US to produce premium nickel-cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) this week, when it began commercial-scale operations on Monday September 9

Once complete, the green rebar mill will be the first of its kind in North America.