The largest steelmakers in Bangladesh were largely out of the market for containers of steel scrap on Thursday September 16 following recent deep-sea cargo bookings, market participants have told Fastmarkets.In deals done last week, two deep-sea cargoes were booked to a mill in Bangladesh from the United States West Coast at $530 per tonne cfr for shredded, while a second mill booked deep-sea mate...Read More
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Seaborne iron ore prices continued to fall on Thursday September 16 amid sustained demand weakness, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $107.21 per tonne, down $9.44 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $108.16 per tonne, down $9.64 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $79.65 per tonne, down $8.88 per tonne65% Fe...Read More
An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves in the week to Wednesday September 15.Read More
Trading activity remained slow in the European hot-rolled coil market on Thursday September 16 because buyers held back from deals while they wait for a clearer price trend, sources told Fastmarkets.Buyers are waiting for the new quota period, which will start on October 1. Market sources said that large volumes of steel products are sitting in European Union ports awaiting customs clearance at th...Read More
German steelmaker Salzgitter has settled a contract for the supply of green steel to the Europe's largest home appliance manufacturer BSH Hausger??te, the companies announced on Thursday September 16.In September, Salzgitter's flat steel subsidiary Salzgitter Flachstahl started to supply green steel products with a 66% reduced CO2 footprint to BSH Hausger??te.The low-CO2 steel will initially be us...Read More
The hard coking coal cfr price rose on Thursday September 16 after Wednesday's surge in the premium hard coking coal cfr price, while offer prices for US-origin coking coal rose further, with market participants in China reluctant to procure material.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $560.76 per tonne, up $0.76 per tonneHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $486.93 per tonne, up...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 16 that are worth another look....Read More
An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves in the week to Wednesday September 15.Read More
The largest steelmakers in Bangladesh were largely out of the market for containers of steel scrap on Thursday September 16 following recent deep-sea cargo bookings, market participants have told Fastmarkets.In deals done last week, two deep-sea cargoes were booked to a mill in Bangladesh from the United States West Coast at $530 per tonne cfr for shredded, while a second mill booked deep-sea mate...Read More
Turkish steel mills withdrew from the deep-sea scrap markets after booking several cargoes for October shipment, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 16.Turkish steelmakers have booked at least five deep-sea cargoes so far in the reported week from the United States, Canada and Baltic Sea. Market participants generally agree that most steelmakers in the country have replenished their sto...Read More
Steel rebar and billet buyers in Egypt are waiting for prices to fall further before placing orders, sources told Fastmarkets.Global billet and rebar prices have recently been weakening; buyers in Egypt are waiting for prices to flatten before placing orders.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet import, cfr main port Turkey was $610-620 per tonne on September 16, falling from $620-...Read More
Increasing steel production rates in Japan are making Japanese yards increasingly reluctant to offer cargoes to China, market sources told Fastmarkets this week. Better margins to be found in Japan's domestic marketTaiwan continues to chase containerized cargoesContainer scrap offers to Bangladesh fall amid sluggish demandChinaA slowdown in downstream demand has continued to weight on spot demand...Read More
The European Commission (EC) has extended definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled (SSCR) flat products from China and Taiwan.The decision, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Thursday September 16, followed an expiry review lodged by the European steel association Eurofer in May. The extended duties will now remain in place until 30...Read More
Steelmaker Arvedi is in the process of purchasing fellow Italian stainless steel producer Acciai Speciali Terni (AST) from Thyssenkrupp, the German steelmaker said on Thursday September 16.The sale, which is subject to approval by Thyssenkrupp's supervisory board and merger control clearance, also includes associated sales organizations in Germany, Italy and Turkey. The sale is expected to be comp...Read More
Deliveries of stainless steel in China have been disrupted by an outbreak of Covid-19 in the major production hub of Fujian, but the resultant tightened supply failed to support stainless steel prices in the week ended Wednesday September 15.DomesticStainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm grade 304 domestic (Wuxi): 19,000-19,700 ($2,949-3,057) per tonne, down by 300-500 yuan per tonne from a week ear...Read More
Tata Steel will adopt hydrogen technology at its steelworks at IJmuiden in the Netherlands as part of its sustainability process, the company announced on Wednesday September 15.The company already has a goal for the works to reduce its CO2 emissions by 5 million tonnes per year by 2030, and it has been exploring technological options to achieve this, including the capture and storage of CO2 or a...Read More
Sales of passenger cars in the European Union recorded double-digit falls in both July and August 2021, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Thursday September 16.The decrease followed a continuous rise in car registrations in March-June 2021.Car registrations in the EU decreased by 23.20% year on year to 823,949 units in July 2021 and by 19.05% year on year to 622,993...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 16 that are worth another look....Read More
The European Commission (EC) has extended definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled (SSCR) flat products from China and Taiwan.The decision, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Thursday September 16, followed an expiry review lodged by the European steel association Eurofer in May. The extended duties will now remain in place until 30...Read More