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May 15, 2020
Fastmarkets is expanding the footprint of its steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US to include all US states excluding those in the Pacific region. More »
Following an extensive consultation period, Fastmarkets AMM will launch an aluminium scrap zorba price in the United States on Thursday July 2, 2020. More »
May 27, 2020
Fastmarkets AMM is extending for three months a consultation to change the way it calculates monthly averages, from a rolling average to a simple average, to align its methodology globally and add consistency to its price offerings. More »
Fastmarkets proposes to change the date of its monthly special bar quality (SBQ) steel assessment to the third Friday of each month from the second Friday of each month. More »
Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for the proposed increase in frequency of its steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US price assessment to weekly, from twice-monthly, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. More »
May 28, 2020
Sheet mills in the United States might have had little choice but to increase prices this month in the face of rising prices for scrap prices and declining ones for steel. More »
Discounts for some high-grade copper scrap products, especially bare bright copper, slipped further over the past week even while demand has remained muted in the United States. More »
Turkey continues to remain active in the ferrous scrap market, purchasing a US cargo at a $2.50-per-tonne increase from the previous sale. More »
While increased domestic flat steel prices could invite more imports into the United States, according to market participants, preliminary Census data shows that shipments of finished steel products in April declined on a year-on-year basis. More »
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have moved above $25 per hundredweight ($500 per short ton) for the first time in more than seven weeks on expectations of higher scrap costs and cautious optimism about improving demand. More »
A roundup of production suspension schedules at automotive facilities in the United States. More »
Global commodities miner-marketer Glencore will continue to take a disciplined approach to ensuring that it does not overproduce at a time of declining demand for some materials, the company’s chief executive officer has said. More »
The latest ferro-alloy prices from Fastmarkets price reporters. More »
May 26, 2020
Following a consultation period, Fastmarkets is not renaming some New York Mercantile Exchange and CME Group prices or delisting others. More »
Nominations were received from across the world for the 11th annual Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence, reflecting the global nature of the steel industry.
Wide-ranging interview with AISI president and CEO Tom Gibson; Full listing of Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence Finalists 2020; Impacts of Covid-19 on aluminium supply-demand balance; Indian copper trends; Technology to create dry, filtered mine tailings; Soda ash applications and market fundamentals; Volatile oil-price consequences for frac sand; China returns to business but exports slump; Digital remote support comes of age; Plus regular pages on market analysis, news reviews, innovations and end-users
US Midwest aluminium premiums have slumped in reaction to the ramifications of the spread of Covid-19. Myra Pinkham surveys the market damage and analysts’ forecasts