Broken trade flows, inflated steel prices and the pull of decarbonization targets are changing the way US steelmakers think, plan and run their day-to-day operations. Is the US steel scrap industry coming to an end of globalization and entering a new era of domestic sovereignty?

Nucor Corp quickly navigated panic in the pig iron market, even as it took a hardline approach and ceased all purchases from Russia at the onset of its war in Ukraine

The European aluminium market has experienced extreme tightness so far in 2022, due to high energy costs pushing European smelters offline just when there has been strong demand and with the situation being exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine

A shifting world energy landscape has sparked thoughts of sustainable improvement in the oil country tubular goods and line pipe marketplace, Tenaris chairman and chief executive officer Paolo Rocca said during an earnings call on Thursday April 28

Multiple drivers are pushing and pulling copper supply and demand. Myra Pinkham reviews their impact and gathers expert opinion on what may happen next in the markets for the red metal

New trade settlement methods that are emerging in spot steel transactions against the backdrop of the worsening Ukraine-Russia war may indicate a lasting shift in the global steel marketplace, market sources told Fastmarkets recently

Tight availability of metal and firm demand continued to drive aluminium premiums higher in the week to Tuesday April 19, with the duty-unpaid premium in Rotterdam reaching a new high, while the US Midwest premium held steady at its highest ever.

Russia will likely ship more coking coal to India and China amid mounting sanctions levied by countries around the world for its war in Ukraine, market sources told Fastmarkets recently.

Hope is scarce that Russia’s war in Ukraine will end soon, after it decided in April to refocus its assault on the east of the country. NATO- and EU-aligned traders in metals of which Russia is a major supplier must continue to adapt to greater restrictions on doing business with the country as a result. […]

Iran’s ministry of industries, mines and trade imposed new export tariffs on various products including steelmaking raw materials and steel products early this week, Fastmarkets learnt on Tuesday April 12.