Fastmarkets MB, previously known as Metal Bulletin, is a specialist international
publisher
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and information provider for the global
steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...
,
non-ferrous and
scrap metals markets.
History
What was later known as ''Metal Bulletin'' was started in 1913 as ''Quin's Metal Market Letters'', a subscription newsletter, transitioning to ''Metal Bulletin'' journal two years later. The publication provided price and other information for the steel and non-ferrous metals markets and was published twice a week.
In 1967 the company introduced a spin-off publication, ''
Industrial Minerals
Industrial resources (minerals) are geological materials that are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (Fuel, fuel minerals or mineral fuels) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals) but are used in the industries based ...
'', which covered non-metallic minerals industry. In 2001 Metal Bulletin bought ''
American Metal Market''.
Metal Bulletin PLC was in turn bought in 2006 by
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, owned by
Daily Mail and General Trust for 221 million
British Pounds (408 million dollars).
Products and services
Metals covered include carbon steel, stainless and special steel, scrap and secondary, ores and alloys, raw materials, minor and precious metals, and base metals with additional coverage of freight news,
capital markets
A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold, in contrast to a money market where short-term debt is bought and sold. Capital markets channel the wealth of savers t ...
, and exchange news and prices.
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Magazines established in 1913
Metal industry in the United Kingdom
Price indices
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