Europe is facing a potential green aluminium deficit as production halts in Iceland and Mozambique threaten regional supply. Market analysts warn that the resulting shortage of low-carbon aluminium could reshape trade flows and drive higher premiums through 2026.

Backed by the German government and armed with decades of commodities trading experience, Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) is moving into metals with a deliberate, risk-managed strategy designed to bridge the worlds of energy and industry, a company executive has said.

Uncover insights on North America’s forest products and the future of pulp and paper from key industry leaders.

The proposal is driven by the insufficient price inputs under the current market conditions and by market feedback about a lack of liquidity on an outright basis for the NPI contract price. Specifically, Fastmarkets is proposing to discontinue: MB-FEN-0001 Nickel pig iron, high-grade NPI content 10-15%, contract, ddp China, yuan/nickel unit price Quality: Lump. Ni10-15%, Fe 80%, […]

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-ALU-0002 Alumina index, fob Australia, which was published incorrectly on Monday October 20 due to a procedural lapse. Fastmarkets has also corrected all the related inferred indices.

Rising energy costs and policy decisions are shaping the future of US aluminium smelting. Domestic production, investment and competitiveness depend on low-cost power, tariff impacts and the transition to renewable and nuclear energy sources.

Fastmarkets launches MB-IRO-0193 Iron ore 62% Australia-origin lump ore premium, cfr Qingdao, US cents/dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on Tuesday October 21.

The Aluminum Association has called for an export ban on used beverage container (UBC) scrap from the US to countries outside of North America, arguing that aluminium scrap should be treated as a strategic asset in a white paper released on Tuesday October 14.

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-AL-0287 aluminium 6063 & 6060 extrusion billet premium, cif Brazilian main pors, which was published incorrectly on Friday 17 October.

Treatment charges (TCs) for zinc concentrates shipped into China increased in the two weeks to Friday October 10, with deteriorating import arbitrage conditions driving smelters to push for another increase in the processing fees, sources told Fastmarkets.