Fastmarkets MB, previously known as Metal Bulletin, is a specialist international

publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

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 In metallurgy, non-ferrous metals are metals or alloys that do not contain iron (allotropes of iron, ferrite, and so on) in appreciable amounts. Generally more costly than ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals are used because of desirable proper ...

and

scrap Scrap consists of recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials. Unlike waste, scrap can have monetary value, especially recover ...

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 ''American Metal Market'' (AMM) is an online provider of industry news and metal pricing information for the U.S. steel, nonferrous and scrap markets. Products include a daily publication available electronically, live news on the publication's ...

''. Metal Bulletin PLC was in turn bought in 2006 by

Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC Delinian (formerly Euromoney Institutional Investor) is a British financial media company that has interests in business and financial publishing and event organisation. , it was one of Europe's largest business and financial information comp ...

, owned by

Daily Mail and General Trust Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is a British multinational media conglomerate, the owner of the '' Daily Mail'' and several other titles. The 4th Viscount Rothermere is the chair and controlling shareholder of the company. The head office ...

for 221 million

British Pound Sterling (Currency symbol, symbol: Pound sign, £; ISO 4217, currency code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound is the main unit of account, unit of sterling, and the word ''Pound (cu ...

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 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.

References

External links

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