Metal Price Indexes: The Secret Metal Sourcing Profit Tool
Metal Price Indexes: The Secret Metal Sourcing Profit Tool is a MetalMiner guide to choosing which price index to write into a metal contract, based on whether metal prices are falling, flat, or rising. Fill in the form below to get the guide.
Written by Lisa Reisman, CEO of MetalMiner.
What Will "The Secret Metal Sourcing Profit Tool" Help You Decide?
The guide matches the pricing mechanism in a metal contract to the direction prices are moving:
- Should a metal contract use spot pricing, a finished-price index, or a scrap-based index when prices are falling, flat, or rising?
- How should aluminum and stainless contracts handle the conversion premium and the stainless base price?
- Why do mills push customers toward a particular price index?
Who Is This Guide For?
Organizations heading into a contract negotiation or renewal where the metal price is tied to a specified index
Financial planners whose budgets depend on how that index moves.
How Does MetalMiner Help You Choose a Contract Index?
Sage, MetalMiner’s AI category manager, supports contract indexation decisions with current and historical pricing, trend analysis, and a buy, hold, or hedge recommendation.