Metal Bulletin Ltd is a specialist international publisher and information provider for the global steel, non-ferrous and scrap metals markets.

History

Metal Bulletin Ltd takes its name from its principal title, Metal Bulletin, that was first introduced in 1913. Its mission then, as now, was to provide information and price indications for the global non-ferrous metals and steel

Steel

Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...

 markets. Some time later, the company changed its name to Metal Bulletin Ltd and enjoyed three generations of family ownership until 1981 when it was listed on the Unlisted Securities Market

Unlisted Securities Market

The Unlisted Securities Market , which ran from 1980 to 1996, was a stock exchange set up by the London Stock Exchange to cater for companies too small to qualify for a full listing....

 of the London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...

. In 1992, Metal Bulletin plc moved to the main market.

Over the years, Metal Bulletin became established as "the Bible" for the world's metals and steel

Steel

Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...

 trading

Trade

Trade is the transfer of ownership of goods and services from one person or entity to another. Trade is sometimes loosely called commerce or financial transaction or barter. A network that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and...

 communities. Metal Bulletin is now published as a weekly paper magazine, with a live website and daily email news service.

The breadth of product offerings has evolved from printed newsletters, colour magazines, journals, directories, textbooks, reports, and consultancy to the full range of electronic delivery mechanisms including online real time services and the staging of events around the globe in the form of conferences and exhibitions. Metal Bulletin's US sister publication, American Metal Market

American Metal Market

American Metal Market 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 in an electronic pdf, live news on the publication's , a hard-copy magazine and a series of weekly newsletters...

, provides additional insight into the North American market. Meanwhile, Metal Bulletin's UK sister publication, Industrial Minerals magazine

Industrial Minerals magazine

Industrial Minerals magazine is a specialist, monthly publication, which covers all aspects of the non-metallic minerals industry...

, is a monthly publication examining the global non-metallic minerals industry and its principal end markets, including ceramics, fertilisers, paper

Paper

Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....

, plastics, and refractories.

The group was acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor in 2007 for $408 million.