Consumption of pig iron, hot-briquetted iron (HBI) and direct-reduced iron (DRI) will increase globally in the long term because higher volumes of steel will be produced using electric-arc furnaces (EAFs), sources have told Metal Bulletin.

Francisco (Paco) Testor, founder and president of RP Metaltrading, died on August 6, 2018, after battling with cancer for a year.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday September 26.

RISI is seeking feedback on how to best combine Crow’s and Random Lengths to enhance wood products coverage. For decades, these two price reporting services endeavored to bring the most pertinent, up to date information possible to the wood products industry. The combination of these two entities provides an opportunity for RISI to improve and […]

Following a consultation, Metal Bulletin will amend its weekly Rotterdam export scrap price assessment from HMS 1&2 (70:30) to HMS 1&2 (75:25).

Metal Bulletin has raised the minimum tonnage for the assessments of its zinc premiums for European countries to 100 tonnes from 25 tonnes.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday September 25.

Metal Bulletin's Shanghai bonded copper stock assessment, scheduled for Monday September 24, 2018, will be published on Tuesday due to a Chinese national holiday today.

Prices for steel billet in the major markets showed mixed dynamics during the working week to Friday September 21. Weak demand drove prices down in the Chinese export, Southeast Asian import and Turkish domestic and export markets.

Early negotiations of long-term contracts show that consumers of ferro-vanadium are trying to lock in deals slightly ahead of the usual price-mating season, in an effort to secure units in a tight market.