About NE-Metalle Aktuell

NE-Metalle Aktuell

NE-Metalle Aktuell is the German-language information service for the non-ferrous metals industry — the independent publication that orients itself to the information needs of the metal-producing and metal-processing industry. Published by MBI Martin Brückner Infosource in Frankfurt am Main, it is part of the MBI "NE-Metalle & Stahl" publication family: alongside Stahl Aktuell, Stahl Monitor, Montan Aktuell, and NE-Metalle Monitor. The service covers the non-ferrous metals markets' three dimensions — Unternehmen (companies), Märkte (markets), Preise (prices) — the daily-relevant information for the buyers, salespeople, and supply-chain managers of the NE-metals industry. MBI Infosource — the Frankfurt provider of independent, industry-relevant news, market analyses, price data, and forecasts for the German and European raw-materials market — publishes the NE-Metalle titles as subscription information services: the daily market news, the price data, and the analyses that the metal traders, the semi-finished-product manufacturers, and the processors use for their purchasing negotiations, their supply-chain management, and their risk management. In the German metals press, NE-Metalle Aktuell is the NE-metals information service: the Frankfurt daily of the non-ferrous metals markets.

Overview

The publication presents itself as the German-language, independent publication for the non-ferrous metals industry — oriented to the information needs of the metal-producing and metal-processing companies. Its editorial program covers the NE-metals markets' full spectrum: the companies — the producers, the traders, the processors, the corporate news; the markets — the supply and demand, the production reports (the Antofagasta copper production in the third quarter), the trade flows; and the prices — the exchange prices (LME), the premiums, the scrap prices, the forecasts.

The readership is the German and European NE-metals industry: the buyers (Einkäufer), the salespeople (Vertriebler), and the supply-chain managers — the professionals who purchase and sell copper, aluminum, zinc, nickel, lead, and tin. The publication's authority rests on MBI Infosource's market-data infrastructure: the MATFLIXX raw-materials platform with over 9,500 fact-based raw-material prices and analyses, the daily TradeNews services, and the independent price forecasts and analyses.

The publication rhythm — the daily or regular market reporting — provides the industry's current information: the October 15, 2026 NE-Metalle Monitor headline ("Drittes Quartal/Kupferproduktion von Antofagasta steigt") shows the daily program. The MBI publication family — Energy (Energy Daily, Energy Weekly, TradeNews Energy, TradeNews Emissions), NE-Metalle & Stahl, Agrar & Ernährung (Marktreport Agrar, Marktreport Fleisch & Milch), Kunststoffe, Einkauf, Europa — covers the raw-materials economy's full spectrum.

History

NE-Metalle Aktuell's history is MBI Martin Brückner Infosource's publication history. MBI Infosource — the Frankfurt information-service provider for the raw-materials markets — built its publication program around the independent market news, price data, and forecasts: the Stahl titles (Stahl Aktuell, Stahl Monitor, Montan Aktuell, Stahlprognose), the NE-metals titles (NE-Metalle Aktuell, NE-Metalle Monitor), the energy titles, the agricultural titles, and the plastics price data. The NE-Metalle publications serve the non-ferrous metals industry's information needs: the metal-producing and metal-processing companies, the traders, and the buyers.

The company's recent history reflects the raw-materials markets' developments: the MATFLIXX platform (the raw-materials platform with over 9,500 prices and analyses), the MBI Stahltage conference (21 years the No. 1 conference for steel purchasing — Stahl Tag 2026), the Matflixx Material Talk (Guido Kerkhoff LIVE, CEO Klöckner & Co SE), and the corporate-publishing solutions — the information-service provider's expansion from the publications to the platforms and conferences. The customer references — ZF Friedrichshafen, Mainova, the Verband Deutscher Metallhändler (VDM), Wieland-Werke, Jungheinrich, EUROBAUSTOFF — document the client base: the industry's major buyers and the metal traders' association.

Coverage and Content

The publication's coverage follows the NE-metals professional's world. Companies form the core: the producers — the mines, the smelters, the refineries; the traders — the metal trading houses; the processors — the semi-finished-product manufacturers (Wieland-Werke), the foundries; and the corporate news — the production reports, the investments, the personnel. Markets cover the supply and demand: the production data (the Antofagasta copper production), the inventories, the trade flows, and the market analyses — the independent analyses that MBI promises.

Prices provide the commercial dimension: the exchange prices, the premiums, the scrap prices, and the forecasts — the price data that the buyers use for their purchasing negotiations and the salespeople for their pricing. The MATFLIXX platform — over 9,500 raw-material prices and analyses — is the data infrastructure behind the publications: the fact-based prices that the information services report.

Organization and Ownership

NE-Metalle Aktuell is published by MBI Martin Brückner Infosource in Frankfurt am Main — the independent provider of industry-relevant news, market analyses, price data, and forecasts for the German and European raw-materials market. The publisher: MBI Infosource (Martin Brückner Infosource). The publication family: NE-Metalle & Stahl (Stahl Aktuell, Stahl Monitor, Montan Aktuell, NE-Metalle Aktuell, NE-Metalle Monitor, Stahlprognose 2027). The platforms: MATFLIXX (matflixx.de), the conferences (MBI Stahltage), the newsletters (by industry: Stahl, NE-Metalle, Energie, Agrar/Ernährung, Kunststoffe, Einkauf, Europa/Außenhandel/Zoll, E-Mobility/H2-Mobility).

The commercial model is that of a B2B information service: subscriptions to the metal-producing and metal-processing companies, the traders, and the buyers — the independent market information that the professionals use for their purchasing negotiations, their supply-chain management, their logistics, and their risk management and supply security.

Digital Presence

The publication's digital home is mbi-infosource.de, where the information services' program extends into the online market information. The portal publishes the daily news (the October 2026 headlines: TradeNews Energy, NE-Metalle Monitor), the publication overview (all MBI publications at a glance), the MATFLIXX platform (the raw-materials platform with over 9,500 prices), the conferences (MBI Stahltage 2026), and the newsletter signup (by industry). The MetalSource LinkedIn channel and the corporate-publishing solutions extend the digital presence.

The NE-metals industry's networks — the Verband Deutscher Metallhändler (VDM), the producers, the traders, the buyers — form the ecosystem in which the publication's content circulates: the daily information flow between the market participants that the independent publication organizes from Frankfurt am Main. In the German metals information market — the Frankfurt MBI publications alongside the exchange data and the industry associations — NE-Metalle Aktuell is the NE-metals information service: the independent daily of the non-ferrous metals companies, markets, and prices, for the buyers, the sellers, and the supply-chain managers — the independent information that the NE-metals industry trusts, every trading day, in print and digital — the independent information service of the non-ferrous metals industry, from Frankfurt to the world markets, every trading day, for the buyers and the sellers, in Germany and Europe, from the mine to the finished product, from the exchange to the scrap yard, every day, for the NE-metals industry, in Germany and beyond, for over two decades, and still the industry's daily read, every trading day.

The Information Service's Role

The publication's role in the NE-metals industry goes beyond the daily news: NE-Metalle Aktuell is the buyers' and sellers' decision support — the independent price data and market analyses that the purchasing managers use for their negotiations, the supply-chain managers for their planning, and the risk managers for their hedging. The MATFLIXX platform — over 9,500 fact-based raw-material prices and analyses — is the data foundation: the information service's reports draw on the platform's price infrastructure. The MBI Stahltage conference — 21 years the No. 1 conference for steel purchasing — brings the publication's readers together: the annual meeting of the metals buyers that the information-service provider organizes. The newsletters — by industry (Stahl, NE-Metalle, Energie, Agrar/Ernährung, Kunststoffe, Einkauf, Europa/Außenhandel/Zoll, E-Mobility/H2-Mobility) — deliver the market news to the subscribers' inboxes: the daily information service in the email format, for every MBI industry.