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On Thursday October 24, the US Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the final rules regarding the Section 45X credits under the US Internal Revenues Code. The final rules clarify definitions and confirm credit amounts for eligible components, including solar and wind energy, inverters, qualifying battery components and applicable critical minerals. […]
Market participants disagreed over the cause of the long queues to withdraw aluminium from London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses at Port Klang in Malaysia, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday October 17
Fastmarkets has launched two price assessments for aluminium extrusion scrap for the European domestic market.
The new specifications proposed in the consultation are listed below, with the amendment to the price frequency shown in italics: MB-AL-0052 aluminum 6063 extrusion billet premium, delivered Midwest US, US cents per lbQuality: Extrusion billet AA6063. Billet with diameter of 6in, 7in and 8in.Quantity: Min 100 tonnesLocation: Delivered into US Midwest region, duty-unpaid premium on top of the P1020A ingot Midwest […]
Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment of the MB-AL-0002 aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, in-warehouse dp Rotterdam, which was published incorrectly on Friday October 11.
Scrap processor TSR will supply aluminium flat-roller Novelis with high-grade European aluminium scrap that can serve as a “sustainable P1020 substitute,” a TSR executive told Fastmarkets on Thursday October 10.
The Western world’s industrial strength is beginning to drop, but Jakob Stausholm, chief executive officer of Rio Tinto, said at a London Metal Exchange seminar that there was “plenty of demand to be unlocked from reindustrialization.”
Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the methodology for its audited non-ferrous price assessments and indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process.
The publication of Fastmarkets’ price assessments of calcined alumina on Thursday October 3 were delayed due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.
The publication of Fastmarkets’ India import aluminium scrap price assessments for Wednesday October 2 were delayed because of the Gandhi Jayanti public holiday in India. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.