Seaborne cfr prices improved on Tuesday September 28 due to tight seaborne coking coal supply in the cfr spot market and active trading in China's ports, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $597.06 per tonne, up $2.50 per tonneHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $538.65 per tonne, up $8.83 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $405.14 per tonne, d...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to liberalize the criteria for deals to be included in the calculations for the steel scrap month-to-date deal weighted average price, cfr Turkey.Currently, Fastmarkets' steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), month-to-date deal-weighted average, North Europe origin, cfr Turkey only includes deals that are classified as confirmed, which means that at least the buyer or the sell...Read More
Approximately 20 workers remained trapped the morning of Tuesday September 28 in Vale's Totten nickel mine in Sudbury, due to a blocked shaft and damaged passenger lift.An estimated 19 workers who were also trapped in the facility were rescued earlier Tuesday morning, the Brazilian company said. Workers were trapped in the mine after a scoop bucket became detached and blocked the mine shaft. It d...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.This month's key ferro-alloy forecast highlights:?EUR? Impressive advances in ore and alloy prices persisted in March, with most markets posting significant price gains. Strengthening demand from steelmakers along with supply shortages and depleted inventories in numerous markets, as well as freight and transportation...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to liberalize the criteria for deals to be included in the calculations for the steel scrap month-to-date deal weighted average price, cfr Turkey.Currently, Fastmarkets' steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), month-to-date deal-weighted average, North Europe origin, cfr Turkey only includes deals that are classified as confirmed, which means that at least the buyer or the sell...Read More
Eight of the nine Category 1 members of the London Metal Exchange have indicated their support for continuing to trade official lunchtime prices in the open-outcry ring.Does this mean that one company does not support ring trading? And could one of the exchange's members be preparing to leave the trading floor?The exchange revealed on Monday August 9 that it had majority support for the ring, in a...Read More
An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets in Asia, Europe and the United States on Tuesday September 28 and their latest price moves.China Imported charge chrome prices continued to rise strongly; consumers who needed spot material in the tight market accepted higher offers.Spot ferro-chrome prices surged in the past week amid strict electricity controls in major production hubs, which tight...Read More
Base metals prices were mainly lower across both the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange on Tuesday September 28, the exception was LME copper. Oil prices extend gains; spot Brent crude approaching $80 per barrel. US 10-year treasuries yields push through 1.5%.Base metalsThe three-month copper price on the LME was up by 0.3% at $9,376.50 per tonne and seemed buoyant this morni...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.In the iron ore market, supply issues including heavy rains at the start of the year, followed by staffing problems during the Covid-19 pandemic, have affected exports from Brazil. This has helped Australia gain a larger market share, but since June, Brazilian export volumes have returned to levels last seen before the...Read More
Base metals prices were mixed on the morning of Wednesday September 29 while they consolidated against a backdrop of numerous headwinds.Uncertainty has picked up regarding how high US treasury yields and the dollar will go and what will the fallout be if China’s Evergrande starts defaulting on foreign-owned debt.China’s power rationing set to hit metal production and manufacturing, and i...Read More
Domestic steel rebar prices in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow were largely unchanged in the week ended Monday September 27, amid high purchasing interest from distributors with low inventories and an expectation that prices have reached a bottom, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia was...Read More
Fastmarkets is planning to delay the starting date of proposed amendments of its lithium price assessments, including the frequency of two battery-grade seaborne Asian lithium prices and amendments to the names and specifications of all its lithium hydroxide prices.In a Pricing Notice on Tuesday July 27, Fastmarkets proposed to increase the frequency of its battery-grade seaborne Asian lithium car...Read More
The latest forecasts and analysis of the ferrous scrap and iron metallics market from the Fastmarkets research team are ready to be viewed.Stifled automotive output this year, driven by a supply shortage of semiconductor chips used in vehicles, has tightened prime scrap availability and widened the spreads between this grade of steelmaking raw material and obsolete scrap.While wide prime-over-obso...Read More
European steel companies must scale up their decarbonization technologies within the coming decade or risk exhausting their allocated emissions allowances early, according to a report released on Tuesday September 14.The report, "Steeling for Net Zero," by climate researcher Industry Tracker, found that selected European steel companies have less than 26% of their carbon budget remaining and must...Read More
Chinese demand for steel billet imports has fallen away in recent days, amid mounting concerns over China's property market and the potential for power shortages across the country, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday September 28.Some market participants fear that the debt crisis engulfing major property developer Evergrande could have a wider knock-on effect on the Chinese construction sector, w...Read More
Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Co plans to spend $11.4 billion on new production sites in the United States for electric vehicles (EVs) and their batteries as part of its push to bring zero-emission auto production to the country.One site will be in Stanton, Tennessee, where the company will build electric versions of its F-Series pickup truck as well as advanced batteries. To be known as Blue...Read More
If any member was going to leave the London Metal Exchange ring trading floor, the exchange was probably hoping it wouldn't be Triland Metals Ltd.The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi, is one of the exchange's longest serving Category 1 members, having joined in 1972 after being founded in the prior year. Having a unit of Japan's largest trading company as a ri...Read More
The three-month nickel contract on the London Metal Exchange had the biggest fall on the morning of Tuesday September 28, while most other base metals moved slightly from their closing prices on Monday. Nickel was at $18,550 per tonne at 9am on Tuesday, compared with $18,946 per tonne at 5pm on Monday. Tuesday's morning intraday low of $18,450 per tonne is the lowest since September 21. Compared w...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 transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt...Read More
Consumers of ferrous scrap in the main Mexican markets of Monterrey and Bajio have applied a series of price cuts, effectively avoiding higher offers and extending the industry downtrend.A large steelmaker near the northeastern Monterrey city was said to have lowered prices by around 1,000 pesos ($50) per tonne, depending on the grade, several market participants said.Other buyers in both regions...Read More