Additional premiums for low-carbon ‘green steel’ are still a niche market, but will they become the norm in the next three-to-10 years? The answer is yes, according to the expert panelists at Fastmarkets’ International Iron Ore conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, in early June

Europe’s trading volume further reduced due to concerns about drought affecting French crops

Mexican ferrous scrap prices continued to trend lower in the week ended Friday June 3, with market participants seeing no bottom for prices

A wide variety of factors have contributed to “a really shaky period” in international trade, delegates heard at the 86th meeting of Irepas, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 29-31, 2022

Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) is aiming for its new $1.9-billion electric-arc furnace (EAF) mill in Sinton, Texas, to be operating at 80% capacity by the third quarter before hitting full capacity by year-end, chief financial officer Theresa Wagler said at Fastmarkets’ Steel Success Strategies conference in Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday June 6

The automotive industry is ready for a green steel premium, steel industry leaders said at Fastmarkets’ Steel Success Strategies conference in Miami Beach, Florida, noting that end users will have to bear that cost

Seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellet prices rose during the week ending on Friday June 3, tracking the upward momentum in the iron ore fines segment, market sources said

Demand for low-carbon aluminium in Europe has been steadily increasing, and offer prices for 2023 and beyond were steadily rising, market participants told Fastmarkets on Monday, June 6

The US ferrous scrap market is exhibiting signs of life this month after steel meltshops in the Southeast and in Detroit purchased prime and secondary grades of scrap at a $50-per-gross-ton discount compared with the May buy

Cleveland-Cliffs reported it has made progress toward reducing its carbon emissions per short ton of steel produced, according to a 2021 sustainability report the company released in May

US recent biodiesel production likely to be well above April’s

Several tube mills, including Nucor Tubular and Atlas Tube, alerted customers to a $100-per-ton reduction in the price of hollow structural sections (HSS) on Thursday June 2, sources told Fastmarkets

Chile’s copper production decreased by 8.93% in April from a year earlier despite a recovery from Escondida, with fewer volumes reported for Codelco and Collahuasi, the country’s copper commission, Cochilco, said on Thursday June 2

Ford is making a $3.7-billion investment in its business, which will be spread out across its plants in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, and will expand both electric vehicle (EV) and internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE) production

Dwindling demand and differing supply situations between regions pressured aluminium billet premiums down or kept them unchanged across the world on Wednesday June 1, with clear bearishness slowly taking over global markets

There has been an evolution in US steelmakers’ raw material strategy in the past several years, with mills pivoting from an effort to randomly own as many tons as they could to becoming more vertically integrated and owning material that can feed their meltshops

The fall in import prices for finished steel products in the United States was not enough to attract many buyers due to logjams at domestic ports that have made it costly, time-consuming and risky to buy foreign steel, Fastmarkets has learned

In a year that has witnessed an exceptionally volatile nickel market, Myra Pinkham collects expert metal analysts’ views on the causes and their opinions on the outlook for the vital base metal now

Demand from major wheat importing nations weakens while relative strength of ruble and looming supply tightness at the end of the marketing year ensures prices remain supported

Section 232 duties on steel products from Ukraine will be suspended for one year, the Biden administration announced on Friday, May 27

Production of waste-based biodiesel in Europe affected by curbs on South Asian palm oil shipments

Compliance tickets prices start making small gains

Even with prices at all-time highs, there is a very high likelihood for upward momentum to persist over the coming decade, according to serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Lars Tvede

Wanted: more than 77,000 tonnes of sack kraft, as European buyers rush to replace Russian supply

Covid-19 lockdowns in China together with the geopolitical impact of the Ukraine-Russia war continue to dampen demand for EVs battery raw materials such as graphite; logistical issues and high container costs are also creating supply-side concerns

Constrained EV demand causes further Chinese cobalt sulfate price weakness, which has started to push hydroxide payables lower, despite additional supply issues affecting exports from southern Africa

The 2022 Singapore Steel Forum, located in the plush surroundings of the iconic Marina Bay Sands hotel, provided the ideal setting for market participants to discuss the hottest steel topics of the day last week

Cellulosic and biomass-based diesel (D3 and D4) blending must expand to meet proposed mandates

No new ferrous scrap export sales from the US East Coast to Turkey have been reported since prices fell sharply in a cargo booked in mid-May, but more price drops could be on the horizon, Fastmarkets understands

Turkish steel mills resumed their deep-sea steel scrap bookings after a recovery in steel sales in the country’s domestic and export markets, sources said on Thursday May 26