Domestic ship scrap prices in Turkey have gone down over the past week in line with weakening imported scrap values, but local auto bundle scrap prices were mostly stable, sources said on Monday October 12.In response to the downturn in the costs of imported scrap, the steel producers in the Izmir region - namely ID??, Habas, ?-zkan and Ege ??elik - reduced their buy prices for ship scrap by $5 pe...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were down on Monday October 12 following a recent announcement that environmental restrictions would be imposed on steelmakers in Tangshan slightly earlier than last year, according to trade sources.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.23 per tonne, down $1.49 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.44 per tonne, down $1.35 per tonne58%...Read More
Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices edged down on Monday October 12, on the news that steel mills in China have been verbally notified to halt imports of Australian coking coal.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $131.08 per tonne, down $1.76 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $140.14 per tonne, down $1.01 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $...Read More
European Metal Recycling (EMR) has shut down more of its operations in the United Kingdom due to the Covid-19 pandemic, after announcing closures in March. EMR has closed one site on the south coast of England and one site in Bedfordshire for metal recycling activity, the company told Fastmarkets. The company did not given further details on the location of the sites, although industry sources sug...Read More
Chinese power plants and steel mills have been asked by the authorities to stop importing thermal and coking coal from Australia, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday October 12.Utilities companies and steel mills were verbally notified during the Golden Week holiday (October 1-8) in China to stop importing Australian coal this year with immediate effect, sources said.State-owned steel mil...Read More
Activity in the export pig iron market out of the Commonwealth of Independent States was minimal in the week to Thursday October 8, although market participants reported some small-volume deals.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS was $346-360 per tonne on Thursday, widening from $350-355 per tonne a week earlier.There were two sale...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices surged on Friday October 9, as a result of buyers returning to the market to restock on the first day back after the eight-day Golden Week holiday.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,880-3,900 yuan ($571-574) per tonne, up 70 yuan per tonne from Wednesday September 30Northern China (Tangshan) - weekly assessment: 3,780-3,830 yuan per tonne, up 60-100 yuan per tonneTr...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices continued to rise on Monday October 12 on news that the country's steelmaking hub of Tangshan would restrict steelmaking activity over the next six months.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,920-3,950 yuan ($585-590) per tonne, up 40-50 yuan per tonne The local government of Tangshan has ordered 28 out of 30 steel mills in the city to reduce their blast furnace opera...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices surged on Monday October 12 after local authorities in the country's steel hub of Tangshan in the northern region confirmed steelmaking restrictions for the next six months.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,720-3,750 yuan ($554-558) per tonne, up by 50 yuan per tonneA total of 28 out of 30 steel mills in Tangshan are required to cut their blast furnace operating rat...Read More
Canadian minor metals and speciality chemicals producer 5N Plus has entered the additive manufacturing market, also known as the 3D printing market, as a supplier of high-performance engineered powders, the company has told Fastmarkets."As a new entrant to the market, 5N Plus will initially focus on the technologically challenging and smaller markets within micro-electronics and semiconductor appl...Read More
The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard grade,...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed this morning, Monday October 12, but sentiment has turned more bullish, especially in aluminium, since China returned from its Golden Week holiday. Expectations for extra stimulus in the United States have kept equities buoyant. China's markets underpinned by steady recovery and by the fact it appears to have...Read More
Cobalt prices and payables held steady in the first full week of October trading, with sellers holding out to sell higher while waiting for further cues on intermediates restocking from China after the country's October 1-8 Golden Week holiday.Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide indicator, min 30% Co stood at 77.5-78.5% last Friday October 9, unchanged since September 23, while the cobalt hydroxide inde...Read More
German industrial group Thyssenkrupp did not confirm speculation that it has begun a sale process for its Italian stainless steel plant, Acciai Speciali Terni (AST), when the company spoke to Fastmarkets on Monday October 12.Last week, several reports appeared in the global press indicating that Thyssenkrupp has initiated a sale process for AST.Thyssenkrupp, however, denied such speculation. "At t...Read More
Lingering weakness in market sentiment continued to put downward pressure on seaborne low- and high-grade manganese ore prices in China in the week to Friday October 9.Chinese participants began to return to the market on Friday after the Golden Week national holiday on October 1-8. Fastmarkets' manganese ore index, 37% Mn, cif Tianjin was $4.10 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on F...Read More
Chinese stainless steel producer Tsingshan Group has set its ferro-chrome tender price for October delivery at the same level as the prior month amid steady chrome ore prices and strong stainless steel production in recent months. The eastern China-headquartered mill set its October high-carbon ferro-chrome tender price at 5,997 yuan ($896) per tonne, for cargoes delivered to warehouse. The price...Read More
Prices for imported rebar in Singapore remained stable in the week to Monday October 12 due to no spot activity and limited demand from buyers, sources told Fastmarkets.Offers for Turkish rebar fell by $5-10 per tonne to $465 per tonne cfr Singapore on a theoretical weight basis from $470-475 per tonne cfr Singapore the previous week.The lower offers were due to falling scrap prices in Turkey, whi...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were weaker across the board this morning, Tuesday October 13, while those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were either unchanged or firmer, as were equities.* Equities seem to be maneuvering for a United States democratic presidency and all the extra stimulus that might bring.* But LME metals are not following equities this morning.Base metalsThree-...Read More
Vietnam ETF (VNM) moved above $15.20 extending an intermediate uptrend.Wills Tower Watson (WLTW), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $218.58 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday October 13thU.S. equity indices moved lower this morning. S&P500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release...Read More