Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday October 7.
Key drivers
A persistent and seemingly increasing tightness in titanium scrap is propelling scrap and ferro-titanium prices for the fourth and fifth weeks in a row respectively. Ferro-titanium producers say they are worried about securing enough scrap in coming weeks, with volumes falling from traditional sectors such as aerospace, machine shops, forge shops and fabricators. National Covid-19 lockdowns had knocked end-user demand and consumption of ferro-titanium,...