Fastmarkets MB, previously known as Metal Bulletin, is a specialist international publisher and information provider for the global

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, non-ferrous and

scrap Scrap consists of Recycling, recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials. Unlike waste, scrap Waste valorization, has monetary ...

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'', 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 Pound Sterling (abbreviation: stg; Other spelling styles, such as STG and Stg, are also seen. ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound ( sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, and t ...

s (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, and exchange news and prices.

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* Magazines established in 1913 Metal industry Price indices {{UK-business-mag-stub