European scrap consuming electric arc furnace output is rising, with demand for higher grade scraps to produce flat steel expected to grow. Fastmarkets has launched prime grade scrap forecasts to capture this

Demand for ferrous scrap in Asia has been rising, with the region becoming a leading importer of scrap globally. Fastmarkets is expanding its forecasts in the region to cover this trend

Rates fell on major routes like Brazil-Northeast Asia and US Gulf-Northeast Asia, driven by excess tonnage in the Atlantic basin and the impact of decreasing oil prices

Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges have repeatedly fallen to record-low levels over the first five months of 2024

The ongoing Federal Reserve rate stagnation is having a ripple effect across the wood products market and the broader economy, affecting everything from homebuying to the lumber industry

Here are the four key takeaways from the US scrap market participants of our June survey

US construction contractors – including for residential, commercial and manufacturing facilities – have reported long delays and unpredictability in obtaining electrical transformers. This is due to inadequate electrical steel supplies amid missing investment decisions in the US to expand production of the material

SAF is expected to provide about 65% of the carbon mitigation required for airlines to achieve net zero by 2050

Fastmarkets forecasts that global steel production will grow at an average annual rate of 1.4% through the end of the decade so ‘green’ steel production methods need to keep pace

Chinese rare earth export prices moved lower over the past week, in line with falling domestic prices driven by suppliers cutting offers in response to continued weak demand from the downstream magnet sector