Overview
Our non-ferrous metals products and services are essential for industry participants, such as miners, producers, traders, manufacturers, and investors, helping them make informed decisions, optimize supply chains, and manage risk in fast-growing non-ferrous metals markets.
S&P Global Energy non-ferrous metals market coverage spans a wide range of critical areas, including pricing information, market insights and industry analysis. This service empowers industry participants involved in metals such as alumina, aluminum, copper, nickel, cobalt, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, zinc and gold, with market intelligence to tackle the complex landscape of global commodities markets with confidence.
Our Coverage
Price Assessments & News
Non-ferrous metals market news, daily reports and price assessments and benchmarks.
Data and Analytics
Historical, current and forecast non-ferrous metals market data analytics, providing detailed coverage across copper, nickel, zinc, gold, lithium and cobalt value chains.
Research Reports
Monthly commodity briefing reports include rolling 5-year non-ferrous metals market supply, demand and price forecasts.
Community
Client seminars, webinars, conferences and events, and access to analysts.
Product Features
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Price Assessments & News
Keep up-to-date with daily price fluctuations and stay abreast of market developments in evolving non-ferrous metals markets:
Metals Daily Non-Ferrous Report:
- Daily global news, data, insights, and expert analysis.
- Analyze the non-ferrous metal markets with daily benchmark price assessments, including the U.S. Aluminum Transaction and the U.S. A380 Secondary Aluminum Alloy.
Market Data Metals Non-Ferrous:
Instant access to the latest global price assessments, geographic arbitrage opportunities, historical data, and analysis of the fundamentals impacting non-ferrous metals price trends.
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Market Outlook Reports
- Commodity Briefing Services (CBS) Reports
Monthly reports offering in-depth analysis along with monthly, 2-year quarterly, 5 year and 10 year price forecasts for key non-ferrous commodities. Each report includes supply, demand, price forecasts, and insights into market dynamics, geopolitical influences, and production trends.
- Covered Commodities: Aluminum, Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Graphite, Lithium, Nickel, Zinc
- Each commodity report also includes tailored insights such as:
- Aluminum: Changes in export policies from China, alumina pricing and treatment charges.
- Copper: TC/RCs, inventory trends, production capacity
- Nickel: Indonesian production, refining processes
- Gold: Central bank activity, ETF demand, inflation impact
- Lithium & Cobalt: Battery chemistry, geopolitical risks
- Zinc: Smelter disruptions, environmental regulations
- Graphite: Fluctuations in flake and spherical graphite prices.
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Data and Analytics
- Metals Asset Databooks: Covers Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Lead-Zinc, Lithium, Nickel, PGMs, Silver, Uranium—standardized for strategic insights.
- Industry Monitor Overview: Tracks exploration, financing, and project milestones.
- Critical Minerals Briefing Report: Focus on national strategies, supply chains, and geopolitical factors.
- Market Outlook Workspaces: Forecast visualization for Alumina, Aluminum, Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Graphite, Lithium, Nickel, Zinc.
Ideal For
Traders
Trade at price levels that are in sync with other market participants with the latest global price assessments. Gain new insights and identifying diverse non-ferrous metals trading patterns, pricing trends, and characteristics by using forward curves analysis. Develop robust pricing and business strategies using daily and historical spot and contract price assessments.
Analysts
Simplify and protect your data analysis and modeling processes by using our Non-Ferrous Metals data to inform your proprietary financial models.
Risk Managers
Write contracts and negotiate transactions by understanding price drivers and fluctuation. Minimize exposure to risk by monitoring historical non-ferrous metals market trends and identifying future trading patterns.
Data & Distribution
Get the edge in today’s global markets with our Essential Intelligence® delivered through the providers and platforms which suit you.
API Solutions
Cloud
Data Feed
Desktop & Mobile
Why S&P Global Energy?
Unparalleled Experience
For 100+ years, we've delivered Platts price assessments for physical and forward markets. Customers count on us for news, pricing, and analytics, ensuring transparent, efficient markets for confident decisions.
Trusted benchmark pricing
Provides industry benchmark price indices with robust, transparent, proven methodologies, that guarantees data integrity with stringent quality controls, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles.
Integrated European market pricing coverage
Covers 16 European hubs—natural gas, power, renewables, nuclear and coal —in one connected pricing service.
Historical view of Pricing
Comprehensive price history back to 1985 supports deep analysis of historical price trends to better understand the current market dynamics and forecast potential price movements resulting from similar previous geopolitical events.
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