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Follow the critical developments impacting the ferrous scrap market with our market coverage, short- and mid-term forecasts and market-reflective ferrous scrap price data. Our team of experts provides global and local data-driven insights to help you make sense of the forces influencing the ferrous scrap market to guide your business decisions – the right way.
Also known as iron and steel scrap, the ferrous scrap market plays an essential role in the circular economy. End-of-life steel products, from motor vehicles to structural steel, can be recycled infinitely, creating new steels. All the steel used globally is recyclable, making ferrous scrap a highly sought-after material, changing the landscape of steel production worldwide.
Ferrous scrap is critical to decarbonizing the steel industry as it enables the recycling and reuse of steel products, further contributing to green steel production by creating a more sustainable and resource-efficient steel industry. Stay connected with the big stories, topics and price movements changing the ferrous scrap markets. Understand what’s driving change in the global ferrous scrap market, including new capacity sprouts in the evolving US Southern scrap market to trade flow disruptions in European markets.
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German carmaker BMW Group signed an agreement with Swedish green steel maker H2 Green Steel to supply low-CO2 steel for vehicle production at its European plants, Fastmarkets has learned
Executives at major flat-rolled steel producers in the United States discussed three common themes during their companies’ earnings calls for the second quarter of 2022, sharing views on a potential recession, affects from recent government policy changes and trends in steel raw materials
Fresh infrastructure projects in Bangladesh will drive significant steel demand and make doing business in the country easier in the coming years, Tapan Sengupta, the deputy managing director of steelmaker Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview
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