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Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-STE-0184 steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday September 2 due to the inclusion of an incorrect date. The rationale for MB-STE-0184 steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest, had erroneously stated that the index was calculated at $41.50 per cwt on […]

Tristan Pascall, chief executive officer of Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals, gave an exclusive interview with Fastmarkets on Friday August 29, in which he explains why Africa is the best place to build large copper mines, and gave his opinion of the outlook for the nickel, gold and copper sectors.

Recycling metal is taking on an ever-larger role at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s rapid industrial transformation, recycling giant Al Qaryan Group’s Ferrous Commercial Director Ahmed Khadr told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview in August.

Here are the key takeaways from market participants on US ferrous scrap metal prices, market confidence, inventory and more from our September survey.

This proposal follows the transition of the settlement of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange No1 busheling contract to Fastmarkets’ assessment of the Chicago No1 busheling price on December 16, 2024. The index has remained active in the interim to support existing contracts that are settled against that calculated number. The specifications for the affected index are […]

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the specifications of its iron ore 62% Fe fines, fot Qingdao indices to align with the specifications for mid-grade sinter fines in China’s portside market.