Delayed publication of India import aluminium scrap prices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ India import aluminium scrap price assessments for Wednesday October 2 were delayed because of the Gandhi Jayanti public holiday in India. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

Due to the nation-wide holiday, which resulted in the market being closed, the publication of the following prices were deferred until Thursday October 3, at their usual time of 4pm London time.

The following prices were affected:

MB-AL-0396 Zorba, 95/5, cif India, $/tonne
MB-AL-0398 Aluminium scrap, mixed aluminium castings (Tense), 3-5% attachments, cif India, $/tonne
MB-AL-0397 Aluminium scrap, old sheet (Taint/Tabor), HRB, 3-5% attachments, cif India, $/tonne
MB-AL-0398 Aluminium scrap, mixed aluminium castings (Tense), 3-5% attachments, cif India, $/tonne
MB-AL-0400 Aluminium scrap, cast wheels (Troma), cif India, $/tonne
MB-AL-0401 Aluminium scrap, extrusions (Tata), 6063 cif India, $/tonne

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets scrap 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 these prices, please contact Aameer Sayed by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Aameer Sayed re: India import aluminium scrap.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

What to read next
The inclusion of CBAM costs will enable the assessments to better reflect how the spot market is expected to trade from 2026 onward, based on supply and demand fundamentals. This means the CBAM certificate costs may not always fully be reflected or passed on from seller to buyer in the spot FCA DP prices. The […]
Fastmarkets has corrected its AG-CRN-0071 Corn FOB Brazil $/mt M5 price, which was published incorrectly between September 16, 2022, and June 2, 2025, due to a project launch error.
Fastmarkets has launched AG-PM-0015 category 3 poultry meal, 65% pro, exw Eastern Europe, €/tonne and AG-MBM-0026 category 3 mixed meat and bone meal, 50% pro, exw Eastern Europe, €/tonne on Friday November 7, 2025.
With time, it is natural that low-carbon aluminium will be valued, and that the market will pay a green premium because clients are each day demanding more certificates, Anderson Baranov, chief executive officer of Norsk Hydro Brazil told Fastmarkets in an interview on Thursday October 30.
The discontinuations of the Indian domestic steel rebar and steel billet price assessments are because feedback from the market confirms that the majority of quality long steel in India is produced via the blast furnace route, so the current assessments – which are for domestic rebar and billet produced through the induction furnace route – […]
Fastmarkets published its assessment of the MB-STE-0232 steel scrap No1 busheling, consumer buying price, delivered mill Chicago, $/gross ton on Thursday November 6, 2025.