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Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange had a mixed start to trading on Tuesday March 26 while recessionary fears subsided. The US 10-year bond yield has rebounded off the 2017 lows reached on Monday, providing global markets with some relief and allowing Asian equity indexes to trade confidently higher on the back of improved risk sentiment. In terms of volume, a total of 4,49...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 15 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the February Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 1.218 million units from upwardly revised 1.270 million units in January. Actual was 1.162 million units.Bed Bath & Beyond gained $2.56 to $16.42 aft...Read More
Key data from the Friday March 22 pricing session in London.Key drivers - Some sellers continued to offer aggressively to get stock off their books, but others took a step back and held their offers within range. - Consumers were emboldened to bid aggressively after...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
Steel billet prices were largely stable in most regions in the week ended Friday March 22, with high raw materials costs affecting offer prices while buyers remained resistant, but demand was starting to improve at the end of the week.Scrap prices in Turkey remained high, with producers continuing to book material on Friday.Fastmarkets' daily index of North Europe-origin ferrous scrap HMS 1&2 (80:...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
Steel billet prices were largely stable in most regions in the week ended Friday March 22, with high raw materials costs affecting offer prices while buyers remained resistant, but demand was starting to improve at the end of the week.Scrap prices in Turkey remained high, with producers continuing to book material on Friday.Fastmarkets' daily index of North Europe-origin ferrous scrap HMS 1&2 (80:...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday March 22 that are worth another look.As of March 23, it has been a full year since US President Donald Trump's administration imposed tariffs against imported steel and aluminium under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to place restrictions on imports on national security grounds. On the f...Read More
Key data from the Friday March 22 pricing session in London.Key drivers - Some sellers continued to offer aggressively to get stock off their books, but others took a step back and held their offers within range. - Consumers were emboldened to bid aggressively after...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday March 22 that are worth another look.As of March 23, it has been a full year since US President Donald Trump's administration imposed tariffs against imported steel and aluminium under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to place restrictions on imports on national security grounds. On the f...Read More
The London Metal Exchange three-month base metals prices ran into follow-through selling on the morning of Monday March 25 following the weak economic data points released at the end of last week.Flash manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data from the United States and Eurozone were disappointingly soft and underscored weakening global economic growth. The three-month nickel p...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding partially to a 3% drop by the Nikkei Average and a 2% drop by the Hang Sang Index and Shanghai Composite Index.Biogen (BIIB $216.71) is expected to open higher after setting a new $5 billion share buyback program.Viacom added $1.29 to 26.63 after reaching an...Read More
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The implementation of tariffs and quotas against US steel and aluminium imports has been heralded and criticized as an unusual trade remedy, with President Donald Trump's administration applying blanket duties rather than more focused - and more typical - anti-dumping and countervailing margins.Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, a cold-war era law, allows the president to place restri...Read More
As of March 23, it has been a full year since US President Donald Trump's administration imposed tariffs against imported steel and aluminium under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to place restrictions on imports on national security grounds.Trump's trade measures have drawn criticism from several US trading partners who argue that these actions violate e...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Fastmarkets' alumina index fob Australia moved to its highest level since early December due to unrelenting market tightness. The daily fob Australia alumina index rose to $412.94 per tonne on Friday March 22, up from $403.58 per tonne the previous day and 6.7% higher month on month from $386.90 per tonne on February 22. Key drivers Tightness in the market continues to...Read More