There is a “strong possibility” that a third electric-arc furnace (EAF) rebar mini mill with a 600,000 ton per year annual capacity will be built by Highbar LLC in the future, David Stickler, senior managing partner of Global Principal Partners, told Fastmarkets on Thursday February 9

Following the discontinuation of its monthly consumer buying trend for Houston ferrous scrap, Fastmarkets will publish a notice detailing month-on-month market changes to consumer buying prices for that market up to and including the March 2023 settlement.

Fastmarkets has corrected its price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, exw Italy, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday February 1 due to an error.

Fastmarkets published its assessments of the Southeast Asia lead premiums later than scheduled due to a reporter error.

A new white paper has called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to formalize artisanal mining (ASM) of cobalt and has criticized the delayed inauguration of a new entity responsible for purchasing all ASM-produced material

Prices for domestic containerboard in Mexico dropped by 300 pesos per tonne in January, with demand still weak and inventories full, sources reported

North American structural panel production dropped year on year

Any bolstering effect on US ferrous scrap exports from the up-month in February’s domestic trade will be tempered in the immediate aftermath of two earthquakes in Turkey — the country’s largest importing region — on Monday, February 6

2023 begins with softwood lumber markets worldwide seeking to emerge from three consecutive years of unprecedented chaos

The inability of potential buyers to purchase homes in the US currently provides the largest threat to growth in single-family home construction