Base metal prices ended the trading week weakly on the London Metal Exchange, with aluminium, zinc and lead all down on the previous day.The three-month zinc price dropped by 2.1% to $2,626 per tonne at the LME 5pm close - this was the contract's first daily drop in five days.Lead closed at $1,992 per tonne and aluminium $2,003 per tonne, both down $10 from their Thursday closing levels.The LME's...Read More
A meeting in Brussels next week will discuss whether four chemical compounds irreplaceable in the production of lead batteries should be banned, effectively spelling the end for the technology in the region. The proposal for an in-effect ban is part of Reach, a European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals that came into force in 2007...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
The latest ferro-tungsten and ammonium paratungstate (APT) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe, Vietnam and China, with blue tungsten oxide (BTO) and yellow tungsten oxide (YTO) deals taken into consideration.To view the latest price quotations, follow the links below:China- APT, fob China- Ferro-tungsten, fob ChinaEurope- APT, cif Rotterdam- Ferro-tungsten, in-warehouse Rotterdam...Read More
A year of unprecedented copper smelter disruptions has put copper concentrate benchmark negotiations on the front foot, with miners and smelters closer than usual in bid and offered terms at the outset of discussions. Major outages at key smelters, including Sterlite Copper's Tuticorin, Glencore's Pasar and Codelco's Chuquicamata have pushed up spot treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs...Read More
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Prices for grade 18/8 alloy steel scrap in the UK and Europe decreased in the week ended Friday October 19, largely because of weak demand.Market participants described an extremely slow alloy scrap market in general, with trading levels diminished both through low demand from stainless steel mills and also by limited supplies.Mills have been buying lower-than-normal quantities of alloy scrap in O...Read More
Prices for light iron scrap in the United Kingdom have been steady over the past week, extending a period of stability for the sixth consecutive week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday October 19.The market has been steady in line with domestic consumer demand and has garnered further support from increases in export prices to key destinations such as Turkey, although prices in the European ma...Read More
The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India fell this week due to reduced trading because of a festival in the country as well as continued weakness in the rupee, sources told Fastmarkets MB.Fastmarkets MB's weekly index for containerized imports of shredded scrap into India moved down to $354.42 per tonne cfr Nhava Sheva on Friday October 19, from $358.92 per tonne cfr Nhava Sheva one...Read More
The Comex copper price rebounded in the US morning on Friday October 19 despite weak growth in China, with potential further stimulus from the Chinese central bank expected. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 2.70 cents to $2.7735 per lb. China's economic growth slowed more than expected in the third quarter of this year to the w...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer with gains averaging 0.6% on the morning of Friday October 19, but this follows a general down day on Thursday, when the complex closed down by an average of 0.8%. This morning, prices range from slightly lower on lead to up by 2.1% for nickel, while copper is up by 0.7% at $6,174 per tonne. Volume has been a...Read More
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A meeting in Brussels next week will discuss whether four chemical compounds irreplaceable in the production of lead batteries should be banned, effectively spelling the end for the technology in the region. The proposal for an in-effect ban is part of Reach, a European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals that came into force in 2007...Read More
Indian domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) have been showing signs of weakness on account of muted demand in the week ended Friday October 19.Local mills so far have not reduced domestic prices for HRC but they are facing pressure from buyers to consider a correction in prices."There is a lot of pressure from our distributors to reduce HRC prices, but we will not be reducing prices in Octobe...Read More
Domestic prices for coated steel coil products in Turkey were stable in the week ended Friday October 19, with demand remaining poor in the local market.Some market participants had been expecting prices to fall because of declining prices for hot-rolled coil, and the weak demand.Domestic pricesOne producer in northern Turkey was offering 0.5mm hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) at $700 per tonne ex...Read More
China's domestic and export prices for hot-rolled coil both declined on Friday October 19 amid market participants' pessimistic outlook. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,180-4,200 yuan ($602-605) per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 4,100-4,110 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneLocal authorities in north China's steel hub of Tangshan late on Thursday released a list in...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices moved down slightly on Friday October 19 amid soft demand.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,540-4,580 yuan ($654-660) per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 4,330-4,370 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneBoth the futures and billet markets weakened during the day, which made the spot rebar market more bearish.The transportation of constructio...Read More
China will increasingly turn to exporting steelmaking equipment and technology instead of steel products because of rising trade tensions, according to the president of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa), Yu Yong.Speaking at the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) conference in Tokyo on Wednesday October 17, Yu - who is also the chairman of Hesteel Group - said that while tr...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transaction: rebarRebar East China, domestic, grade...Read More
Pig iron suppliers to the United States have increased their offer prices amid a rebound in the price of hot-rolled coil (HRC) and a positive mood in the scrap market, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 19.Fastmarkets' price assessment for US imports of pig iron widened upward to $375-395 per tonne cfr on October 19, from $375-390 per tonne a week before."Russian suppliers are asking for a...Read More