ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada filed a $2.77 million claim in federal court in Peoria, Illinois against Liberty Steel & Wire Monday August 25 for unpaid purchases of billet shipped to Liberty’s Georgetown, South Carolina facility from September 2023 to the plant’s closing in April 2024.

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Vietnam and Brazil were the most impacted by the US Department of Commerce’s final affirmative determination in the anti-dumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from ten countries.

After a consultation period from July 1 to July 31, Fastmarkets made the decision to discontinue these assessments because the premium no longer reflects market conditions, because the market typically trades on an outright price basis instead of as a premium to Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures. For that reason, Fastmarkets will discontinue the AG-WHE-0025 Wheat 10% FOB […]

Fastmarkets has corrected the publication date of its North American Graphic Paper prices, which was published incorrectly on August 22, 2025. The date for the August 1, 2025 prices was published as July 31, 2025 due to a system error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change for the following grades: FP-GP-0127 CM […]

The initial confusion is settling in the bulk ferro-alloys markets in Europe following weeks of speculation about the potential for minimum import prices to be imposed as part of a European Commission safeguarding investigation.

It also discontinued its price assessments for rotogravure lightweight coated (LWC) paper prices in Germany and France, and for rotogravure mediumweight coated (MWC) paper in Germany, to reflect similar changes. The decision to discontinue these assessments reflects changes in the printing market in Italy, as well as changes in the European paper market due to […]

Crude palm oil (CPO) futures in Asia fell on a stronger ringgit and profit-taking, despite modest increases in related vegoil futures and steady growth in exports.

Fastmarkets has launched its MB-AL-0425 aluminium 6063 & 6060 extrusion billet premium, ddp São Paulo, on Tuesday August 26. This launch follows positive feedback from the domestic market in Brazil for a regional price reference. Fastmarkets is the first Price Reporting Agency (PRA) to launch this premium in Brazil.  Brazil is among the world’s top […]

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