Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday March 22 that are worth another look.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday March 21 that are worth another look.

Fastmarkets will discontinue the publication of all VDM German base metal scrap prices, which are syndicated through Metalbulletin.com, Fastmarkets MyDesk, Scrap Price Bulletin and AMM.com.

The use of Fastmarkets MB’s iron ore indices in physical contracts continues to widen, with several market participants confirming in recent weeks that they have settled 2019 term contracts using the Fastmarkets MB 65% Fe iron ore index as the base.

Revenue garnered from the United States' Section 232 tariffs - in place for almost a year - stood at $4.3 billion for steel and $1.4 billion for aluminium as of Thursday February 21, 2019, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection.

Bulk alloy suppliers are reporting increased prompt demand from British consumers amid concerns about potential supply disruptions when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

The world’s first high-grade iron ore derivative contract has provided the market with a more complete risk-management portfolio that reduces risks associated with different grades of the steelmaking raw material, Tan Say Liang, general manager of the Shanghai office of Singapore Exchange (SGX), said during a conference last month.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Monday March 18, the exception being copper, whose price was up by 0.7% at $6,474 per tonne, compared with $6,431.50 per tonne at Friday’s close.

In less than two weeks, the Zambian government is set to introduce a new series of tax measures: rocketing tax rates have prompted some copper producers to shut down their operations, while others have cut production and costs to keep their businesses running in the world’s sixth largest copper producing country.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday March 15 that are worth another look.