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Metals and mining market participants like you have been turning to Fastmarkets for help in evaluating opportunities and risks for more than 130 years. Combining the commodity intelligence of familiar names like Metal Bulletin, American Metal Market, Scrap Price Bulletin, Industrial Minerals and more, our product breadth and geographic reach remain unmatched.

Fastmarkets metals and mining works with those involved in the buying, selling and trading of metals to deliver truly market-reflective prices and insights to successfully enable global trade.

Talk to our experienced, global team and discover more than 2000 prices, news and analysis in primary and secondary metals markets. We cover base metals, industrial minerals, ores and alloys, steel, scrap and steel raw materials.

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Latest metals and mining news and market analysis

PRICING NOTICE: Launch of iron ore 67.5% Fe pellet feed indices

February 1, 2023

Jane Fan

GM deal the poster child for the US’ Inflation Reduction Act | Hotter on metals

General Motors (GM) is investing $650 million to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, the largest known source of lithium in the US and the third largest in the world

February 1, 2023

Andrea Hotter

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Electrolysis could be key to net-zero steel future: SSNA

Electrolysis processes developed by Boston Metal and Electra that eliminate the need for coal in steel production could be key to a net-zero emissions future for the metallics industry, attendees learned at Fastmarkets’ conference on January 17-19 in Dallas

February 1, 2023

Grace Asenov

Ferrous scrap metal - busheling - prime scrap

Turkish mills already up to 10 US ferrous scrap cargo purchases in 2023

US deep-sea ferrous export prices from the East Coast to Turkey have plateaued, with a Turkish mill purchasing a cargo at prices stable from the last-reported sale

February 1, 2023

Amy Hinton

Conclusion of open consultation on calculation of averages on the Fastmarkets platform

Following a six-week consultation period, Fastmarkets can confirm it will amend the calculation method for all the average functions on the Fastmarkets platform from Wednesday March 1, 2023.

January 27, 2023

Fleur Ritzema

Steel scrap - ferrous scrap - recycled steels

Five things we learned at Fastmarkets’ Scrap & Steel ’23 conference

Consolidation, the recycling of electric vehicle batteries, US steel exports and the benefits of sustainable steelmaking were key talking points at Fastmarkets’ Scrap & Steel 2023 conference in Dallas in January

January 27, 2023

Thorsten Schier

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Copper wire raw materials and metals industry and stock market

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Copper and the low-carbon economy

February 10, 2022

Iron ore

High-grade iron ore and the future of greener steelmaking

February 9, 2022

Aluminium

Keep up with the movements of one of the most-watched metals on the market

March 1, 2022

Lithium

How the lithium market is helping shape a greener future

February 10, 2022

Cobalt

The trends and forces driving the cobalt market

February 10, 2022

Nickel

Keep track of nickel’s market movements as a dynamic and critical battery raw material

March 1, 2022

Graphite

News, price and analysis of the innovative world of synthetic and natural graphite

March 1, 2022

Manganese

Playing an essential role in building global infrastructure

March 1, 2022

Tube and pipe

Understand the forces shaping the tube and pipe market today

April 4, 2022

Ferrous scrap

Ferrous scrap, recycling and the circular economy

April 4, 2022

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Migration notice

We’re excited to announce that we’ve recently brought our all of our metals and mining websites onto fastmarkets.com. You can find out more below:

Metal Bulletin is part of Fastmarkets

June 27, 2022

American Metal Market is part of Fastmarkets

June 27, 2022

Scrap Price Bulletin is part of Fastmarkets

June 7, 2022

Industrial Minerals is part of Fastmarkets

June 27, 2022

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