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GLOBAL ZINC & LEAD WRAP: Continued open zinc arb prompts market activity in China, lead premiums steady in seasonal lull

August 29, 2018 / Dalton Barker

In-warehouse Shanghai zinc premiums ticked up due to active import business in the week ended Tuesday August 28, while global lead premiums were mostly steady in the ongoing quiet summer period. ...Read More

GLOBAL NICKEL WRAP: China domestic nickel supply increases, premiums widen; European market stays flat

August 29, 2018 / Justin Yang

Participants in China's nickel market reported an increase in domestic nickel supply and premium ranges in the market widened Tuesday, while premiums in the European nickel market were flat for the last leg of the summer lull....Read More

Molybdenum market price spreads widen on slow trading

August 29, 2018 / Declan Conway

Price spreads widened in the European molybdenum markets in the middle of the week that began on Monday August 27, after easing the week before, sources told Metal Bulletin this week....Read More

TITANIUM SNAPSHOT: Ferro-titanium prices jump 4% on persistent low supply; scrap prices steady

August 29, 2018 / Declan Conway

Key data from the Wednesday August 29 pricing session in Europe. ...Read More

BHP expects high-grade iron ore demand to sustain

August 29, 2018 / Alex Theo

BHP expects grade differentials to persist in the iron ore market, with iron units in ore and penalties for impurities expected to remain the key drivers of the trend....Read More

GLOBAL ANTIMONY WRAP: Prices move up again amid China's continued smuggling crackdown

August 29, 2018 / Anna Xu

Antimony prices in Europe and China rose in the week ended Friday August 24 amid concerns of tightened supply due to the latter's continued crackdown on antimony smuggling at the China-Vietnam border....Read More

TITANIUM SNAPSHOT: Ferro-titanium prices jump 4% on persistent low supply; scrap prices steady

August 29, 2018 / Declan Conway

Key data from the Wednesday August 29 pricing session in Europe. ...Read More

DAILY SCRAP REPORT: Turkish market quiet between holidays

August 29, 2018 / Cem Turken

Turkish steel producers went through Wednesday August 29 without making any bookings in the deep-sea market for scrap steel, due to holidays in the country....Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 29/08: Comex copper price retreats in midweek session

August 29, 2018 / Dalton Barker

Comex copper prices failed to hold onto weekly gains in morning trading on Wednesday August 29 with a stronger dollar proving a headwind. ...Read More

CHINA HRC: Domestic prices slide on futures losses

August 29, 2018 / Miranda Song

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices slid in the afternoon of Wednesday August 29 on futures losses, with sentiment dampened by news that inventory levels for the flat steel product grew in the country's central and western regions....Read More

China's CRC, HDG export prices stable on inactivity

August 29, 2018 / Fiona Lam

Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil held steady over the past week due to a lack of transactions as a result of limited overseas demand, though China's strong domestic market prevented export offers from falling....Read More

China's plate export prices stable despite lower bids

August 29, 2018 / Miranda Song

Export prices for Chinese plate remained steady over the past week despite buyers submitting lower bids, with the strength in China's domestic market continuing to provide support....Read More

Moody's lowers Erdemir Group rating despite higher production, earnings

August 29, 2018 / Serife Durmus

Ratings agency Moody's has decreased its credit rating for Turkish steelmaker Erdemir Group to Ba3 from Ba2, and described its outlook as negative, Erdemir said on Wednesday August 28....Read More

PRICING NOTICE: Turkey steel pricing schedule for Victory Day holiday

August 29, 2018 / Cem Turken

Metal Bulletin will publish certain price assessments for long steel and billet products in Turkey on Friday August 31, 2018, instead of Thursday August 30, because of the country's Victory Day public holiday.The following prices will be published on August 31:Turkey semi-finished and long steel- Turkey, export, rebar, $ per tonne fob main port- Turkey, domestic, rebar, $ per tonne exw- Turkey, ex...Read More

EUROPE SECTIONS: Northern EU prices widen upward

August 29, 2018 / Viral Shah

Prices for domestic hollow steel sections produced and delivered in Northern Europe widened upward by ?,?10 per tonne this week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday August 29....Read More

DAILY SCRAP REPORT: Turkish market quiet between holidays

August 29, 2018 / Cem Turken

Turkish steel producers went through Wednesday August 29 without making any bookings in the deep-sea market for scrap steel, due to holidays in the country....Read More

IRON ORE DAILY: Prices rise for high grades, lumps

August 29, 2018 / July Zhang

Seaborne iron ore transactions slowed down on Wednesday August 29 with higher prices reported for 65% Fe fines as well as lumps....Read More

BHP expects high-grade iron ore demand to sustain

August 29, 2018 / Alex Theo

BHP expects grade differentials to persist in the iron ore market, with iron units in ore and penalties for impurities expected to remain the key drivers of the trend....Read More

CIS STEEL BILLET: Price inches down amid new bookings

August 29, 2018 / Vlada Novokreshchenova

CIS export billet prices inched downward on Wednesday August 29 with several bookings heard done at lower values....Read More

Customer caution driving Iranian billet prices downward

August 29, 2018 / Vlada Novokreshchenova

Iranian export billet prices have decreased by $10-15 per tonne over the week ended Wednesday August 29, due to the reduced interest in Iranian material caused by the economic sanctions introduced by the United States against the Middle Eastern country in early August....Read More

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