Base Metal Stock Articles

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from August 25

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 25 that are worth another look.The global markets for containerized freight have entered even deeper water in recent weeks, with closures at the key port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in China leading to worsening cargo delays, port congestion and a further...Read More

CIS FLAT STEEL: Market down on weak iron ore prices, soft demand

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

The export market for flat-rolled steel products from the Commonwealth of Independent States went down over the week to Wednesday August 25 on weak iron ore pricing and soft demand.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment of the price for steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $890-895 per tonne on Wednesday, down from $915-925 per tonne a week earlier.A sale of Ukraine-origin HRC was made t...Read More

RESEARCH: Drop in global auto output causes steel scrap price spreads to widen

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

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

EUROPE HRC: Trend uncertain on lower material costs, competitive imports, unsure demand

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Sentiment was mixed in the European hot-rolled coil market on Wednesday August 25, with activity starting to recover slowly after holidays, sources told Fastmarkets.Buyers who have returned to the market after the traditional holiday period in August were taking their time before making deals, believing that prices would decline. Mills, in the meantime, felt no pressure to make deals at discounts...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from August 25

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 25 that are worth another look.The global markets for containerized freight have entered even deeper water in recent weeks, with closures at the key port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in China leading to worsening cargo delays, port congestion and a further...Read More

HOTTER ON METALS: The knife twist return of the ring

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

London Metal Exchange ring dealing members have a decision to make - whether to remain one or not.The LME has just announced it will reopen the open outcry trading floor, which was temporarily closed due to Covid-19, on September 6.Its plan, however, comes with a twist; some ring dealers say, a knife.The official prices - which the global trade and industry use as the global reference for physical...Read More

RESEARCH: EU set to impose import duties on Indian, Indonesian stainless steel

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.Stainless steel prices and margins for stainless steel producers have risen notably over the past few months in both Europe and the United States, but there are now signs that the rally is petering out.A clear reason for the halt to rising prices comes from the near 20% drop in nickel prices seen in late February/early March,...Read More

GLOBAL ZINC & LEAD WRAP: Premiums hit multi-year highs in US, Europe

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Spot refined zinc ingot premiums have firmed to multi-year highs in the United States and Europe, with smelter hitches and increasingly expensive transportation stretching supply chains further during the summer season in the northern hemisphere.US spot zinc premium rises to a more than four-year high Rotterdam, Antwerp zinc premiums at highest since early 2018China market eyes narrowing negative...Read More

BASE METALS WARRANTS 25/08

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday August 25.Please click...Read More

RESEARCH: Tighter trade policy likely to raise global floor for stainless steel prices

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.Recent weeks have brought two key developments with regard to trade policy on stainless steel products that will be to the detriment of consumers.In China, the country's stainless steelmakers no longer enjoy a 13% export rebate as of May 1, reducing greatly their incentive to export and instead leading them to focus on supply...Read More

HOTTER ON METALS: Triland move from ring a blow to LME

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

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

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from August 25

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 25 that are worth another look.The global markets for containerized freight have entered even deeper water in recent weeks, with closures at the key port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in China leading to worsening cargo delays, port congestion and a further...Read More

GLOBAL ZINC & LEAD WRAP: Premiums hit multi-year highs in US, Europe

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Spot refined zinc ingot premiums have firmed to multi-year highs in the United States and Europe, with smelter hitches and increasingly expensive transportation stretching supply chains further during the summer season in the northern hemisphere.US spot zinc premium rises to a more than four-year high Rotterdam, Antwerp zinc premiums at highest since early 2018China market eyes narrowing negative...Read More

BASE METALS WARRANTS 25/08

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday August 25.Please click...Read More

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS RAW MATERIALS 25/08: Lithium carbonate China price surges; availability pressure intensifies

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves in the week to Wednesday August 25.Fola Malomo, Cristina Belda and...Read More

Codelco starts $1.38 bln Salvador mine expansion project Rajo Inca

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Chilean copper producer Codelco has initiated construction work on Rajo Inca, a $1.38-billion addition to its Salvador mine, which should begin operations in 2022, the state-owned company said on Tuesday August 24.Rajo Inca increases the mine life at Salvador by 47 years, to 2070, with copper capacity to reach 90,000 tonnes per year, from 60,000 tpy currently. Mineral exploration will move from an...Read More

US zinc premium rises on higher deals, offers

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

The spot special high-grade (SHG) zinc premium in the United States moved higher week on week after multiple market participants reported hearing of deals and offers for material at double-digit premiums.Fastmarkets' zinc SHG min 99.995% ingot premium, ddp Midwest US rose to 8.75-10.00 cents per lb on Tuesday August 24, up by 10.29% from 8-9 cents per lb the week before and up by 13.64% from...Read More

China's UG2 and FeCr markets on hold; European high-carbon FeCr prices widen downward

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

The UG2 chrome ore and ferro-chrome markets in China were on hold in the week to Tuesday August 24, with participants waiting for major stainless steel mills to release their September tender prices.Fastmarkets' calculation of the chrome ore, South Africa UG2 concentrates index, basis 42%, cif China was $182 per tonne on Tuesday, unchanged from one week earlier. The market was quiet with many buy...Read More

EUROPE SECTIONS: Market remains quiet, summer slowdown nears end

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Prices for steel hollow sections in Europe remained flat on Wednesday August 25 due to the quiet summer market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?1,400-1,430 ($1,644-1,679) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week on week.Trading remains low during the summer holidays - participants have not yet returne...Read More

CIS LONG STEEL: Competition with Turkey pushes CIS rebar, wire rod prices down

August 26, 2021 / Staff reporter

Trading activity in the Commonwealth of Independent States' export long steel market remained sluggish in the week to Wednesday August 25 amid slow demand from Europe due to holidays in the region as well as continuing competition with Turkish suppliers.Turkish steel producers decreased their export offers for rebar to $680-695 per tonne fob on an actual weight basis last week, against $695-705 pe...Read More

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