The key talking points across the aluminium supply chain ahead of Fastmarkets’ annual Aluminium Conference, taking place in Barcelona, Spain, on September 9-11.

The following price was affected:MB-CR-0003 Chromium alumino-thermic 99.4% min, in-whs Rotterdam, $/tonne This price is a part of the Fastmarkets minor metals package. For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price assessment, please […]

Cost and availability concerns around copper have accelerated aluminium substitution in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, with aluminium now used in an estimated 40% of global units, Lionel Chapis, Norsk Hydro’s senior vice president of Hydro Precision Tubing, told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview on Tuesday August 26.

Cost and availability concerns around copper have accelerated aluminium substitution in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, with aluminium now used in an estimated 40% of global units, Lionel Chapis, Norsk Hydro’s senior vice president of Hydro Precision Tubing, told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview on Tuesday August 26.

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.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ European heavy plate price assessments was delayed by 51 minutes. The prices impacted by the delayed publication were the following: MB-STE-0034 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Northern Europe, €/tonne MB-STE-0035 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe, €/tonne MB-STE-0049 Steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr main port Northern Europe, €/tonne MB-STE-0050 Steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr […]

Explore the latest trends in Nordic timber as companies navigate profitability challenges in the forest industry.

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-AL-0346 Aluminium P1020A premium, in-whs dup Rotterdam, $/tonne that was published incorrectly on Tuesday August 19.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch a new monthly price assessment for green petroleum coke, 1.5% S, in-whs ARA, $/tonne.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for European graphic paper, as part of its announced annual methodology review process.